Recent News: ELECTION NIGHT -- At our last meeting CLAWS of Mashpee members elected Pat Duggan to be our President and June Daley as Secretary. Michael Daley is Treasurer.
Cat Trivia: The pupils of a cat's eyes may enlarge as much as four times as the cat approaches food.
Read our Winter 2008 Newsletter: http://www.clawsofmashpee.org/scratching post_winter08.pdf
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On average, CLAWS rescues over 100 cats and kittens each year. We would like to thank everyone who has donated time, money and especially those who have adopted.
If you want to let your cat outside in a safe fenced area check out this web address of http://www.purrfectfence.com
Looking for something closer to where you live? Then visit the websites of these other Cat Rescue/Adoption organizations in South Eastern Massachusetts
Habitat for Cats in North Dartmouth has a web address of http://www.habitatforcats.org
Champs Mini Shelter in Wareham has a web address of http://www.webss.com/catshelter/
Friends of the Plymouth Pound has a web address of http://www.gis.net/~fpp
The MSPCA is located throughout Massachusetts and on the web at http://www.mspca.org/
CLAWS promotes and encourages the spaying and neutering of cats. The following two links offer good articles on this subject. Call your local Animal Control Officer for information on available low cost spay and neuter programs.
http://www.petrescue.com/spay-neuter.htm and http://www.cfainc.org/articles/spay-neuter.html
CLAWS does not promote or encourage the declawing of cats. The following link provides information on this procedure and some possible health or behavioral problems which may occur as a result of your cat being declawed.
http://www.cfainc.org/health/declawing.html
If you are having some behavioral problems with your cat, try this next link to find the solution.
http://www.fanciers.com/cat-faqs/behavior.shtml
How about questions on the overall general care of your companion? Try this next link.
http://www.fanciers.com/cat-faqs/general-care.html
For true cat health care you should seek the aid of a licensed veterinarian, but for smaller problems, or if you're just not sure, you can ask The Cat Consultant at the link listed below.
http://angelfire.com/ar/aruba1/cat.html
If you have any problems with these links, please e-mail me at clawsinc@comcast.net
