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At the Sanctuary we have our share of cats who prefer not to interact with other felines – mostly the ones I call the Garbo cats (“I vant to be alone….) This boy takes the preference to an extreme. Lots of people...

07 Aug 2024

Cats

Mindfulness in Motion

This week’s blog comes to you from volunteer Laura Funay, who is one of our devoted Kitty Comforters. Every so often, an acquaintance will ask me: “ooh, what did you do to your hands?” If bandaged, they may expect to hear about...

31 Jul 2024

Cats

Ten Years of Blogging

After establishing the Neko Blog in 2009, and giving us a wealth of wonderful photos and stories about the Sanctuary inhabitants, blog founder Claire Fossey was getting swamped at work, and finding that the blog was just one thing too much. I...

24 Jul 2024

Blog, Cats

Three Little Maids

Although we continue to get single cats arriving into our care, we are one of the few rescues around that can take in a group of cats together. Many of the small rescues doing excellent work around the province know that when...

17 Jul 2024

Blog, Cats

Quiet Days in the Leukemia Pen

Looking back over fourteen volunteer years, it’s interesting to recall how the numbers of FeLV (feline leukemia) and FIV (feline AIDS) cats has fluctuated. We’ve always had space for both sorts of residents, but at one time we had leukemia cats in...

09 Jul 2024

Blog, Cats

Sanctuary Salon

Cats are often characterized as being very clean – constantly attending to their own grooming, and occasionally sharing grooming with others. That being so, you’d think there wouldn’t be much for humans to do, to maintain that cleanliness. Let me tell you,...

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Mindfulness in Motion

Ten Years of Blogging

Three Little Maids

Quiet Days in the Leukemia Pen

Sanctuary Salon

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