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How has your Ten Lives Club kitty changed your life?  

What makes your sweet Ten Lives Club kitty so special to YOU?  

Nominate Ten Lives Club by sending in a story about adopting a cat or kitten from Ten Lives Club and how they made your life happier, more joyful and just all around better.

This year, Petco Foundation is looking for great adoption success stories of how “Love Changes Everything” for the kitty and the adopter.

SHARE YOUR TEN LIVES CLUB ADOPTION STORY for a chance to win the PETCO "Holiday Wishes" Campaign!  

The winner receives a YEAR'S SUPPLY of HALO cat food and Ten Lives Club could win the GRAND PRIZE GRANT worth $100,000!  

PETCO is looking for inspirational, well-written & life changing stories about Ten Lives Club adopted kitties!  

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ONLY THE 1ST 10,000 STORIES WILL BE 

CONSIDERED FOR REVIEW!

Stories MUST BE SUBMITTED by OCTOBER 31st!  

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Petco Foundation’s Holiday Wishes

For inspiration, read the SAMPLE STORY below to help you get started! 

MAMA CAT & 5 KITTENS FOUND IN DUCT TAPED BOX RESCUED BY TLC!

Mama cat CHELLE & her litter of 5 babies!

 
On Monday, July 20, Ten Lives Club volunteer Ken Lyon was helping TLC prepare for their upcoming garage sale.  He discovered a cardboard box sitting outside the Ten Lives Club donation bin that was sealed with duct tape. When he heard meowing noises coming from inside the box, he immediately took it inside the shelter. 

Ken started removing the duct tape and a cat's head popped up through the opening! Inside was a mama cat and her litter of 5 newborn kittens who had been sealed up tight and abandoned in the hot July heat.  Ken and other Ten Lives Club volunteers and staff were appalled!  Who could do such a thing?  Why didn't they surrender them to the shelter which was only a few yards away?  Instead, they shoved this poor mama cat and her babies into a cardboard box, duct taped it shut so there was no way to escape and left it by boxes of donated items like a piece of trash!  In the middle of JULY!

Dr. Fisk examined them and determined that the kittens were between 7 and 10 days old.  The mama cat and all of her babies were okay.  Thankfully, it appeared that they had been inside the box for about 15 minutes or less.  Had it been much longer on a hot 80 degree July day, the outcome would not have been so good.

WIVB Channel 4 and WGRZ Channel 2 did a wonderful job covering this heartbreaking story.  Both broadcast stations sent reporters to interview Marie Edwards - TLC President & Founder, Ken Lyon and Dr. Fisk the very same day.  

Ten Lives is so grateful for the kind donations and compassionate response for these sweet kitties thanks to WIVB and WGRZ! People from not only Western New York, but all over the United States have shown their support!  THANK YOU!

The mama cat - now named "Chelle" - and her 5 babies are being fostered by a seasoned Ten Lives Club volunteer.  Chelle will be available for adoption in a few weeks once her babies are weaned and she has been spayed.  Her babies will be available for adoption around the end of September.
 

Call 716-646-5577 for more information 

about adopting Chelle or her babies!

It will cost approximately $1,000 for Ten Lives Club to treat & prepare these kitties for adoption.

~PLEASE HELP US HELP THESE KITTIES!~

To make a donation for the "Duct Taped Box Kitties" 

CLICK HERE!

~CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES ON CHELLE & HER BABIES!~

HAPPY TAILS~ SWEETIE PIE & HONEY BUNCH

 SWEETIE PIE & HONEY BUNCH

Submitted By:

Marianne McPherson

TLC Volunteer Store Coordinator

PetSmart - Cheektowaga & Pet Supplies "Plus" Sheridan Dr.

TLC Adoption Training Coordinator

Sometimes it is very tough on TLC staff and volunteers to see two sweet cats like Sweetie Pie and Honey Bunch being surrendered by their owners.   These two beautiful seven-year-old, declawed siblings shared the first seven years of their lives with one family. Now, they were unwanted and homeless. 

HONEY BUNCH

Any Shelter can be a scary place for animals where there are no familiar faces.  Being put in a cage for the first time is even more frightening!

SWEETIE PIE

Finding a home for one older cat is difficult enough much less two,  but we made it our goal to try everything we could to keep them together. 

After being processed, they were sent to the TLC adoption location at Pet Supplies "Plus" - 3340 Sheridan Dr.  

There, they cuddled together in the back of the cage not knowing what was happening to them.

PHYLISS & SWEETIE PIE

It was their good fortune that Phyllis Zagarrigo happened by chance to stop there that day.  Phyllis lives next door to her sister Sharon in Hamburg, NY.  Together they have promised they will give Sweetie Pie and Honey Bunch a Loving Forever Home.

PHYLISS'S SISTER SHARON & SWEETIE PIE

Volunteer Jill said when Phyllis and Sharon held them for the first time, Sweetie Pie and Honey Bunch settled right into their arms!  As if they knew everything was now going to be okay... 

This is why we all do what we do!

Thanks for all that you do for the kitties Marianne!

KITTENS FOUND IN DUMPSTER BROUGHT TO TLC!

On Friday, May 15, 2015, Ten Lives Club received an urgent phone call from a local veterinarian we work with regularly.  Their clinic took in some newborn kittens and needed our help immediately.  

That morning, while emptying a dumpster in South Buffalo, employees from Modern Disposal found two plastic bags with FOUR newborn kittens inside.  These poor little babies still had their umbilical chords and the afterbirth was also in one of the bags!  The employees saw no sign of the poor Mother cat who had her babies ripped away from her as soon as she gave birth.  

Unfortunately, it was already too late for two of the newborns but somehow the other two were hanging on - barely.

Ten Lives Club brought the two surviving newborns to the shelter for immediate medical attention and care.  They were literally only HOURS old & needed fluids and round the clock feedings.  One of our wonderful foster volunteers stepped in to help.

Despite our best efforts and care, one newborn passed away on Saturday and the other one followed on Monday.

READ NEWS STORY HERE...AND HERE

What a cruel and irresponsible way of dealing with an unwanted litter of kittens.  

Ten Lives Club is deeply saddened and outraged about this unbelievable act of cruelty against these poor newborn babies and the Mama cat, who's whereabouts are unknown. 

These newborn kittens were bagged up & thrown away like pieces of TRASH!  Meanwhile, the Mama cat, if she's still alive, will continue to have litter after litter of unwanted kittens...

There is a simple solution to unwanted litters - 

SPAY & NEUTER!
 

ADOPTION DAY FOR CARL!

Ten Lives Club at Pet Supplies Plus E. Amherst : ADOPTION DAY FOR CARL!: CARL AKA CARLO & SUSAN ADOPTION DAY! Beautiful boy Carl kitty found his forever home on Friday, May 1, 2015!    Carl had been at...

BOOK SIGNING "Feral Cat Stories: From Rescue to Love" by WNY Author SUSAN SELLINGSLOH

BOOK SIGNING EVENT!

"Feral Cat Stories:  From Rescue to Love" 

By WNY Author: 

SUSAN SELLINGSLOH

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2015

2 PM to 4 PM

 

DOG EAR'S BOOK STORE & CAFE

688 ABBOTT RD. 

SOUTH BUFFALO, NY

MEET SUSAN in person! 

Buy SIGNED COPIES of 

"Feral Cat Stories:  From Rescue To Love" 

By WNY Author

SUSAN SELLINGSLOH

Only $14! 

 100% OF PROCEEDS BENEFIT: 
FERAL CAT FOCUS

  

The PURRFECT gift for 
ANY cat lover!

  

"Feral Cat Stories:  

From Rescue to Love" 

BY

 SUSAN SELLINGSLOH 

WHERE TO BUY: 

Ten Lives Club Store 

3741 Lake Shore Road 
Blasdell, NY
716-646-5577 

OR

 BUY ONLINE!

Read more about "Feral Cat Stories:  From Rescue to Love" 

by WNY Author - SUSAN SELLINGSLOH

Melody's Video Debut Finds Lara Her Forever Home!

 

MELODY

When Melody was the featured cat video on AllPaw's FB page for October 29, a lady saw it & called about adopting her the very same day. WONDERFUL! Springville is at least a 40 - 45 minute drive to East Amherst so she was obviously very serious & couldn't wait to meet Melody! 

Nina had recently lost one of her 2 kitties & her other kitty seemed lonely. We met at the Pet Supplies "Plus" E. Amherst store that afternoon so she could meet Melody & finalize her adoption.  I had pre-qualified her before she drove so far for a meet & greet. 

Her son wanted to visit with Zazu so I let him out as well. Melody was ALL PLAY - as usual!  Harry was napping, but pretty soon Lara starting poking her paw out & seemed overly eager to visit with the guests. 

LARA

As soon as I opened Lara's cage door, she went directly to Nina & her son.  She began rubbing around their legs, purring loudly. She jumped right into Nina's lap & curled up as if to say "I'm ready to go home with you"!

Struggling with the decision of leaving Melody - who she had really wanted to take home & still did - Nina knew in her heart it was Lara who was meant to go home with them. Lara had made that abundantly clear to her AND her son - who had fallen in love with her almost the minute she stepped out of her cage. 

It was synchronicity - Melody had drawn Nina & her son to the cat room, but it was Lara's turn that day to find her forever home!  Nina says Lara has fit right into their household as if she's always been a part of their family!

Will Benji's Story Grant TLC Holiday Wishes?

Ten Lives Club submitted BENJI'S STORY to the Petco Foundation's "Holiday Wishes" Grant Campaign for a chance to win $100,000!

Petco Foundation is awarding 30+ grants ranging from $5,000 to the Grand Prize of $100,000 to support animal welfare organizations across the country.

The competition is stiff, but we think Benji's Story is a WINNER!  

Petco Foundation will announce the winners in Mid-December on their Facebook page & via e-mail.

Keep your fingers crossed for Ten Lives Club Alumni BENJI boy!!
 

GO BENJI GO!!

Feral Cat Stories: From Rescue To Love - by Susan L. Sellingsloh

Good Friend & Animal Advocate of Ten Lives Club - Susan Sellingsloh - recently published "Feral Cat Stories", available on Amazon. 

Susan captures the struggles, challenges, and joys of the people who discover feral cats and take action to help them.

All 23 stories are based in Western New York, an area that includes Buffalo and Niagara Falls.  Ten Lives Club and community volunteers who focus on maintaining some groups of feral colonies are included in several of the stories throughout Susan's book.

People find help from Feral Cat FOCUS, a non-profit organization providing fundamental services for feral and free-roaming cats.

The stories show how the Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return (TNVR) program not only stops the cycle of unwanted reproduction but gives the cats and their caregivers the transition from rescue to love.

This beautifully illustrated book will not only entertain you, but educate and inspire you.

All royalties from the sale of this book will go to Feral Cat FOCUS of Western New York. 

Please purchase a copy of "Feral Cat Stories" and help support Sharon, Feral Cat Focus and their vision to help reduce and manage the overwhelming numbers of feral cats who need help and assistance!