Search and Rescue Cat!!!

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CONTACTS: Lynette Purves, Co-Director, 678-561-3491; Elizabeth Burgner, Co-Director, 678-644-4269

Search and Rescue – Cats can do it too!

            Duluth, Georgia, December 1, 2011— Planned PEThood’s foster cat, Bagheera, rescued a stray cat on Wednesday evening after being missing all day himself.

            When employees arrived at Planned PEThood Tuesday morning, there was a duct taped cardboard box waiting for them at the front door.  This is not the first of what they affectionately call “door dumps” so the box was scooped up and brought inside from the cold, rainy weather.  Unfortunately, once the tape was removed, no cat was discovered inside.  The only evidence was a tuft of hair the cat must have lost in her escape efforts.

“We put some food outside immediately just to ascertain if the cat had stayed in the area or not,” says Lynette Purves, Co-Director of Planned PEThood.  Within a couple of hours, the food had been eaten, but there were no other signs of a cat, so a humane trap was set.  By the end of the day, employees had to go home without finding the poor kitty.  “We were worried about her being outside in the cold, but there was nothing more we could do until morning,” says Elizabeth Burgner, Co-Director of Planned PEThood.

On Wednesday, one of the clinic’s foster cats, Bagheera, disappeared.  It’s unknown exactly when he slipped out, but this is not the first time he’s escaped.  He has been nick-named “The Escape Artist.”  He was out all day while employees periodically searched, called and set traps for both Bagheera and the escaped “door dump” cat.  Everyone was very concerned when he hadn’t returned by the end of the day.  There was a meeting at the clinic Wednesday night that ran until after 8 p.m. and when attendees went outside to bring the traps in, Bagheera came running inside!!  

And who did Bagheera have with him?  The “door dump” kitty!!  Is Bagheera the first ever search and rescue cat?

We've named this gorgeous girl Roxanne and she's looking for a foster or forever home.  She has been spayed, combo tested negative for FIV and Feline Leukemia, vaccinated and microchipped!

           

Planned PEThood of Georgia is a non-profit organization and operates the only low-cost, high-quality, high-volume spay and neuter clinic in Gwinnett County. Their goal is to make spay/neuter affordable and accessible to pet owners in order to reduce the number of pets entering our overburdened county shelters.  Planned PEThood’s veterinarians perform spay and neuter surgery Monday through Thursday by appointment and also offer low cost vaccination clinics on the first Saturday of each month.  For more information or to schedule your pet’s sterilization, call 678-561-FIX1(3491) or visit their website at www.PlannedPEThoodGA.com. 

Planned PEThood is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that relies on community support and grant funding to offer their affordable services.

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            Planned PEThood is a high-volume, low-cost spay/neuter clinic.  A high-volume clinic is one that provides enough spay/neuter surgeries to sustain the clinic financially while making an impact on the community.  Planned PEThood fixes dogs starting at $80, cats starting at $45, and feral cats for $25.  All prices include a FREE rabies vaccine and pain medication.