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Say hello
to our ARL Alumni!
Ray Ray
June
4, 2000
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Ray Ray's new life began
when someone found him under her porch and she took him to the Animal
Rescue League. The League took him in, even though he had an obvious
medical problem. His one eye was injured and it appeared to be in
bad shape. He was in need of some expensive medical treatment. |
About three weeks before Ray Ray came to the League, Women's
Auxiliary President, Pat, lost her dear Siamese named Peaches. Peaches
had been in her family for many years. She had a stroke one day and
Pat called her friends in the clinic at the Rescue League to help
her put Peaches to rest. The same employees (more like friends to
Pat) that helped her to part with Peaches were there when Ray Ray
came into the shelter and they both had the same thought - "this kitten
would be perfect for Pat - let's call her." |
When Pat saw the little kitten in need,
she decided to take care of it, to make it better, and to adopt it. He
needed three eye operations, one to trim the lid and two to shape the
eye. He came through with flying colors. Dr. Bridge at the shelter did
the operations and he told Pat that he thought the kitten would have some
vision in the bad eye. His eye is just a little funny looking, but it
didn't slow Ray Ray down in the least. He has co-hosted two Women's Auxiliary
meetings at Pat's house and has entertained everyone in the room. He even
escaped into the shrubs outside at the December meeting and had half the
members running around in the rain looking for him (we think he did it
on purpose).
Ray
Ray wasn't accepted immediately by Pat's other cat Peggy, but the house
is large and there's room for both of them. There's also room for dear
Sheena, Pat's dog that she adopted from the shelter. Ray Ray is a very
sweet cat and he has been with Pat and her husband, Dick, and Pat's mom
for over a year now. He is growing to be a beautiful cat, just like Peaches
was.
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Ray's entry into shelter life couldn't have come at a better time,
both for him and for Pat. Ray Ray and Pat were both in need of some
healing, and thanks to the watchful eye of two kennel workers, another
perfect match was made at the Animal Rescue League. When you ask
Pat about Ray Ray, her eyes light up and she always says "he is
the most lovable cat in the world and I don't know what we would
do without him!"
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See past featured alumni!
Angel's
Story, January 2002
A
Pack, A Pride and a Family, December 2001
Thor, featured August, 2001
Bubbles, featured June 12, 2001
Rusty, featured April 3, 2001
Kodiak, featured January 15, 2001.
Max
(Pati and Wayne), featured November 1, 2000
Max (of the Blair Family), featured September
19, 2000
Ray
Ray, featured June 4, 2000
Buddy;
featured March 5, 2000
Abby, Sunny, and Mojo; featured January, 2000
Do
you have a dog or cat that you adopted from the Animal Rescue League?
If you have a pet that you adopted from the animal shelter, please contact
us with any stories, photos, or updates of your pet and their new
family, and we will try and post them up here! Show your friends, family,
and prospective adopters what happens after shelter life.
Send
your questions for the Women's Auxiliary of the Animal Rescue League
of Western PA via our
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