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O' Catmas Tree! This fun video seems like the purrfect way to share our love of cats and how they make us feel. Here's Josie and Miranda, who were born to a feral mom cat and spayed at FCCO, in their first Christmas tree, sent by their new mom, Thaylia.

Scroll to the bottom to read how Josie and Miranda found their way into a forever home with Thaylia, who was able to help get these kittens and their colony spayed/neutered. This community spirit caring for feral cats - community cats - warms our hearts.

Thank you to everyone who has given to our year-end fundraising campaign so far! Your donations show how much support there is for helping cats in need. Through your generosity, we met our donation match challenges from Western Partitions Inc. (WPI)

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Josie and Miranda’s Story

Thaylia shared how her two naughty, but so very adorable, kittens - Josie and Miranda - came into her life, and how she ended up helping a colony of 21 cats:

Late summer a young teenager came to my door and showed me a picture of a darling black and white kitten. He was helping a lady down the street find homes for a litter.

I said I didn’t want one kitten - I wanted two!

He introduced me to Naomi, the caregiver of the kittens. Through the course of a week or so, Naomi worked on getting the two friendliest female kittens for me, and we developed a friendship. Through my brief visits, I learned that she was taking care of a large colony of cats. 

After some time passed from adopting my new kittens, Josie and Miranda, I decided to forward FCCO's information to Naomi. I asked her if she would like some help getting the colony fixed and offered my services as the "Cat Chauffeur". Naomi surprised me with the most gracious acceptance of assistance. We trapped and transported 21 cats to two November clinics where they were all spayed/neutered and vaccinated!

Naomi mentioned that she is getting to the age that if something happens to her, she worried that no one would want the responsibility of taking care of that amount of cats and felt that getting the colony fixed was a move in the right direction - and relieved her of significant stress. Thank you FCCO for providing her with some peace of mind!