Feral Paws Rescue

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Here you can read all about the latest updates on what we are doing to help save the feral cats at Avenal State Prison! 

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Really Nice Email Sent To Us On April 11, 2008

Hello Feral Paws Rescue,
 
What a great site, and a great mission. I too had worried about the Avenal cats and had written Kathy Mendoza-Powers about them, with copies sent to the Fresno and Kings County Humane Society. Neither responded to my letter and Warden Mendoza-Powers responded with how well she was handling the cats. I let it go because I didn't think I could do anymore. I didn't think about PETA. I am so glad you have taken on this mission. Thank you!!!!
 
I would love to help, but I have already committed every free moment I have to my own mission. There is so much that needs to be done. But I did want to thank you so very much.
 
Jean Lynn
Jeff Dicks Medical Coalition

Message From Joyce Spoke's Person For Feral Paws Rescue

Glitter Photos
 
This is a picture of some of the cats we picked up last week.  Others will be posted on our web page.  www.feral-paws-rescue.com. 
I also did a WHOOPS, within the last email I sent to all of you a few days ago.  It wasn't the COs that had abused or neglected the cats we picked up last week, it was the personnel in the Plant Ops department.  For those of you that might remember several months ago, this was the same location that a mother cat and kittens had been placed in a trap and one of the kittens legs was trapped underneath the wire of the trap and cement floor.  It's squeals were ignored, causing the kitten to amputate it's own leg in order to free itself.  This particular department has given us nothing but grief for almost two years, when it comes to the feral cat program.
Well, I guess this Friday is the last day for Warden Mendoza Powers.  Chief Deputy Warden Lou Doultson will be taking over as Acting Warden, until they can find someone to fill the position permanently.  So get your emails sent, phone calls made, letters sent, to encourage him to start up the TNR program as soon as possible.
mailing address........Avenal State Prison
                               #1 Kings Way
                               Avenal, CA 93204
It seems that letters and ph. calls, are the best way to let your feelings be known.
ph. number ............. 559-386-0587
 
When we started working with the feral cats at the prison, 6 years ago, I think, I estimated that there was about 500 to 600 cats at the prison.  After the successful TNR program was enforced by previous Wardens, the population had been reduced to around 200.  The California Feline Foundation took all the kittens, no cost to the State, by the way, raised the kittens and put them up for adoption.  In the beginning of 2005 Warden Mendoza Powers ordered all cats to be trapped and destroyed according to an OSHA complaint.  This of course was proven to be a lie.  However, all cats had to be trapped and removed,  We trapped 100s. had them spay/neutered, ear clipped and placed back into the prison..  A few had to be euthanized because of severe injuries they suffered while left in traps for days, without food, water or shelter from heat or cold.  Again at no cost to the State.  So again in her infinite wisdom, Warden Mendoza has broken the law and caused injury and pain to the cats.  Now there is more space for unaltered cats to move in.  Thus the litters & different colors.  At first there was only black, black & white, gray, and gray & white.  No tabbies, no torties, whites, etc.  So part of Warden Mendoza Powers legacy is that she set the program back to 2000.
Several of us are planning on having lunch this Saturday, at the Acapulco restaurant, on Blackstone, at 11:30, to celebrate her retirement.  If you would like to join us, please email by Friday morning, so I can make reservations.
Again thank you so much for you past support, and the donations in memory of Power's retirement.  Our job just will have to start all over again.  The cats, and inmates are counting on us.

Fondly,
Joyce and Critters
Hope to see you there!!!!!!!!!
 

Message From Joyce Spokes Person For Feral Paws Rescue

We've had a busy week.  One white kitten removed from it's mother, 2  kittens
in a trap, a very pregnant female, had suffered such trauma by a Plant Op Staff,  that
when we got her to Abby and they were prepping her for spay, she went into 
labor and delivered.  One other one had been in the trap for over 24 hours, 
without water.  We all know just how hot it was in the valley,  Thursday!  Will be 
be posting photos  of these, so heads up.
Don't forget the last day for Warden Kathy Mendoza Powers, is suppose to be 
this Friday May 18, 2007, so please take the time and wish her GOOD 
BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks again for all your support in the past, and it looks like the fight 
will start again, with the new Warden.  We, the inmates, and cats will be 
counting your support again.

Cat Removed May 11, 2007 From Avenal State Prison Grounds

 

This is a photo of one of the three cats picked up at the prison on May 11, 2007 late afternoon. They had all been in the traps since May 10, 2007 early morning. We weren't contacted until late afternoon on May 11, 2007. As you can see in this photo it was very hot this day and the cats were out in the sun in the traps when we picked them up and they were panting so hard and over heated.

May 11, 2007 Trapped At Avenal State Prison Left In Trap Over 24 Hours! Caused Head Injuries

This cat was in a trap for close to 24 hours Was trapped on May 10, 2007 In the afternoon. Wasn't called about this cat until May 11, 2007 late afternoon. This cat is currently at abby vet hospital. Did have cuts on his forehead from being in the trap way to long.
Has been now placed into a apoted home on May 18, 2007. Released into a Feral Colony with Caregivers! Wonderful News! He also had many toes on his front paws. We found to be very interesting with this Feral cat removed from the prison. Something we haven't been seeing in the past with the removed Feral cats from Avenal State Prison.

Friday May 11, 2007 Solid White Kitten taken from the Prison. They took it from the Mama Cat at the prison. Dr. Brewer looked at it and felt it was healthly

Warden Kathy Mendoza-Powers Just doesn't stop with her harmful ways with the Feral Cats At Avenal State Prison. Now Taken New Born kittens from their mothers!  How Horrible Warden Kathy Mendoza-Powers is! Kitten was checked out by Abby Pet Hospital Dr. Brewer at 2 weeks old. Given a clean bill of health. Placed into foster care. Now learning if the kitten lives off a bottle and is doing ok at the time it can be adpoted. We learn that the foster care parent will be taken the kitten!

 

 

 

May 4, 2007 Mama Cat Handled So Ruff In Trap Caused Her To Have Babie's Early!

     Dr. Brewer spoke to me yesterday about Mama Cat and Kittens. The stress that she went thru that day made her have her kitten early. Not sure at this point when we will be able to get them from Abby Pet Hospital. Dr. Brewer felt that it may be awhile since the baby were born so early. But that her and the kittens are doing really good after all they had went thru that day she was put into a feral trap at Avenal State Prison. Rushed her to Abby Pet Hospital. Mama cat was under so much stress in the feral trap. She went into labor and had three gray and white kittens! Updated on May 14, 2007 Mama cat and kittens were doing very well. Mama Cat doesn't react as to being feral but seems to have been handled by either staff at Avenal State Prison or inmates in most cases both staff and inmates!

May 3, 2007 Two Kittens 3 Weeks Old Removed From Mother At Avenal State Prison

 

These are two kittens taken from their mama at the prison by plant ops trapping at 3 weeks old. Given to Volunteers of Feral Paws Rescue picking up Feral cats from Avenal State Prison  on May 3, 2007


 


 

Welcome to the Alley Cat Allies' Action Center!

Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is a full management plan in which stray and feral cats already living outdoors in cities, towns, and rural areas are humanely trapped, then evaluated, vaccinated, and sterilized by veterinarians. Kittens and tame cats are adopted into good homes. Healthy adult cats too wild to be adopted are returned to their familiar habitat under the lifelong care of volunteers.

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Help the cats at Avenal Prison!  Click here on Help the cats at Avenal Prison and read the full story
Take Action On This Issue

The cats of Avenal Prison - in danger once again! Help save the cats by demanding a reinstatement of the TNR program on the prison grounds. Send a letter to the California Department of Corrections, Governor Schwarzenegger and the Avenal Prison Warden. This picture shows a hurt cat in a trap on the prison grounds.

A feral cat is an unsocialized cat. They live in colonies near a food source and breed prolifically unless spayed or neutered. These feral cats belong to a managed colony cared for through Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). In TNR, cats are humanely trapped, spay/neutered, vaccinated, and returned to their outdoor homes. click here to learn more and here to help feral cats.

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BOB BLIND CAT REMOVED FROM AVENAL STATE PRISON GROUNDS

 
    Hello To You All,
      We would like to up date you on the Avenal Prison Cats.
      On Sunday February 11, 2007.  We got a phone call from a staff person that works in a area outside of the prison fence. They informed us that they had a cat that the Inmates  had  made a pet of. 
      Of course this is forbidden by Warden Mendoza-Powers!!! 
      But the inmates became concerned when they noticed the cat running into objects. They wanted it to be checked out by a vet to see if he was blind. 
     This staff person had removed it from Prison grounds over the weekend in fear something would happen to this friendly cat.  A volunteer  of Feral Paws Rescue agreed to go to the location that this cat was at in the town of Avenal on Tuesday February 13, 2007 to pick up the cat and take it to the vet.
     In the mean time  Abby Pet Hospital was contacted about this cat coming from the prison grounds.  Abby Pet Hospital  is taken care of the Avenal Prison Cats that come off prison grounds.
    When checked by the vet at Abby Pet Hospital. It was noticed that the adult cat was totally blind in both eyes.  He tested neg.  in all testing.  He did have a cut on the side of his face that the vet wanted to keep him on medication for a week.  Just to be safe.  Other then that he was healthly. Also didn't have a tiped ear. In checking found the cat had already been neutered. 
    We contacted the staff person that removed the cat from the prison. To inform them that the cat couldn't be returned to the prison due to being blind. In asking about how the cat was found on prison grounds. We learned that the cat just showed up one day. So in the history of the cats on prison grounds. This cat isn't the color of cats currently on prison grounds. So we belive that the cat had been dropped off knowing it was blind. 
     We are very thankful for the inmates that became concerned and the staff person that made the contact to us about the cat.
     The great news is that we didn't even get to send out a e-mail to place this cat into a loving home.  Just bye word of mouth. One of the volunteers contacted a person wanting a cat from the prison. That jumped right on taken the blind cat.  The cat was picked up on February 14, 2007 from Abby Pet Hospital and placed right into his new home. They named him "BOB"  Now Bob is a inside cat and as you can see in the photos fowarded to us. Bob is doing great in his new home.
     So many of you jump right on adopting a cat from the prison when we send out e-mails.  We Thank you all so very much for all your efforts and support in our efforts to save the feral cats from Avenal State Prison.
  Again keep checking on our website for new updates.
 
 

 
 
 

Fighting To Reinstate TNR

Feral Paws Rescue is  fighting to reinstate the TNR Program at Avenal State Prison  that was apart of the prison for the past six years! We are non kill and supportive of the TNR program for feral cats! We are backed by Alley Cats & Peta. Please let others know about our website and our fight to reinstate the TNR program at Avenal State Prison. Our goal is to bring back to the prison the special cats that belongs to Inmates that have raised these cats from kittens!  That have been placed into foster care homes. Until they can be taken back to the prison and given back to the inmates that cared for them for many years!

 

When the TNR program was at Avenal Prison the feral cats on grounds. Were very healthy safe. We have to stop the change in the cats/kittens on prison grounds from looking like this!

If you want to become a volunteer and help with our fight! Please contact Joyce at Jbpaws@aol.com 

We have many different ways you can help in being a volunteer you don't need to live in the area or even in California to be apart of the volunteers programs!  Or to be on our mailing list! Contact Joyce at Jbpaws@aol.com to find out more about volunteer projects!

All the current volunteers of Feral Paws Rescue THANK YOU for your support and efforts to help us with our fight to reinstate the TNR program at Avenal State Prison!

 

Ready to be Adopted !

  THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EMAILS REGARDING THE KITTENS BELOW. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO SAY THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED INTO LOVING HOMES!

    The Three kittens below have been TNR & Tested and are ready to be placed into a loving home. If you are interested in the adoption of one of the kittens shown below. Reply to Joyce at Jbpaws@aol.com  All three kittens have been rescued from Avenal State Prison. They are all dog friendly. tame, kid friendly!

 

      This is Blaze!

         Blaze is a little boy  Has been neutered & tested

        Brother to Curious below! Also Brother to Shy below

        Color Black/White  Short hair

 

 

       This is Curious!

           Curious is black/white Short hair

          Sister to Blaze above! Also Sister to Shy Below

          Curious is a little girl. Has been Spayed & tested

 

       This is Shy!

           Shy is solid Black Short Hair

           Sister to Blaze and Curious above!

           Shy is a little girl!  Has been Spayed and tested

November 14, 2006

  THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EMAILS REGARDING THE KITTEN BELOW. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO SAY THE KITTEN HAS BEEN PLACED INTO LOVING HOME!

One of the volunteers that picks up the kittens and cats from Avenal State Prison  got a phone call at 8:30am on 11/14/06 from the wardens office regarding a kitten. That was in front of the prison on HWY 33 staff reported that the kitten was on the road way and staff was trying to miss hitting the kitten. I went out to the prison and picked up the kitten. He is totally tame. The inmates that were caring for the kitten named him "Raidar" he is totally black in color. He was taken to Abby Vet to be checked out. He is way to young to test or TNR him at this time. When give food mixed with a little water. He ate like a pig. He is able to be adpoted at this time. If any one would like to adopt him can contact Joyce at Jbpaws@aol.com We will keep you updated on this cute little guy.


 

Updated:  November 16, 2006


Hi To You All,
    All of us at Feral Paws Rescue  are so  excited to say the little kitten rescued from Avenal State Prison on November 14, 2006 is being placed into a new loving home.  We had so many emails wanting to adopt this little guy. It was hard to choose his new home.  Since we had so many emails wanting to adopt him.  In his new home he will have one on one attention. He is going to be a very happy little guy in his new home.  He will be leaving for his new home this weekend. I am sure we will have updates on this little guy over his years of growing up.  That we will forward to you all. 
   Thank you so much for all that replyed to adopt this cute little guy! 

 

Kitten Picked Up 9/29/06 At Avenal State Prison

      On Friday September 29, 2006, This kitten was picked up by a volunteer at Avenal State Prison. In fact the kitten was located on the side of a building in a feral trap and when the volunteer picked up two other cats at the time. They were told that their wasn't any other kittens or cats to pick up. But a Inmate told the volunteer that their was a kitten in a trap on the side of the building. The volunteer walked over to the building the Inmate told them about and found this kitten in a feral trap.  The volunteer asked why was this kitten being left behind?  They told the volunteer that they for got about the kitten on the side of the building. The volunteer took the kitten and removed it from the prison. This kitten was in very bad shape and was rushed to Abby Vet Hospital and turned over to a vet waiting for the kitten.  The kitten remained at Abby Hospital for over a month getting much needed  medical treatment. This kitten  was just released to a volunteer that placed the kitten into a loving home on November 3, 2006. We  feel that if the inmate didn't speak up and tell the volunteer about the kitten it would of died in a few days.

 

Please look at this kitten. Her/His front paws the leg had the skin tore back off of it. Now it is trying to mead. I have never seen any cat at Avenal State Prison look like this is all the six years the TNR program was in place.

       

 

Letter Sent to Department Of Corrections From Humane Society of the United States

-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Peterson
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 12:37 PM
To: 'Secretary@cdcr.ca.gov'
Subject: From The Humane Society of the United States
Importance: High

 

 

February 17, 2006
      via email to Secretary@cdcr.ca.gov


Secretary Roderick Q. Hickman
Department of Corrections
1515 "S" St. Suite 502
Sacramento, CA 95814

Dear Secretary Hickman:

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the nation’s largest animal protection organization, requests that you intervene to allow Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) of the remaining homeless cats at Avenal State Prison.

Although removing the cats may provide a short-term reduction in their population, other homeless cats will move in to take advantage of the food and shelter, and you will be involved in an endless cycle of trapping and euthanizing – which will be costly financially and in terms of poor community relationships. In addition, the compassion that the inmates have shown for the cats is one that should be encouraged.

A Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program in which cats are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, ear tipped, and provided ongoing care is the most effective strategy currently available to reduce feral cat populations. The goal of any TNR program is to improve the quality of life for the homeless cats while reducing their numbers through adoption and attrition. The unsanitary conditions caused by their presence can be addressed with a variety of non-lethal strategies that I would be happy to discuss with you.

Please reverse the decision of the acting warden at Avenal State Prison and permit the cats to be TNR’d by the experienced local groups that have offered assistance.

Sincerely,

 

Nancy Peterson
Feral Cat Program Manager
The Humane Society of the United States
2100 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
301-258-3129 (p)
301-258-3081 (f)
www.petsforlife.org

September 29, 2006 Letter Written By Humane Society of the United States Regarding Avenal State Prison Cats


In response to the article regarding the apparently now defunct feral cat program at Avenal State Prison (Prison cat program declawed; fur flies by Sarah Jimenez, Monday, September 25, 2006), properly managed feral cat programs do work. There are numerous successfully managed colonies throughout the United States and a good example is at the Sacramento Marina. In 2003, there were close to 300 cats and 150 or more skunks at the Marina ; now an occasional skunk is seen and the cat colony numbers no more than 30.

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) advocates community-based Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs with on-going responsible management as the most viable, long-term approach available at this time to reduce feral cat populations. The goal of any feral cat management program is to stabilize and eventually eliminate the existing colony through attrition. The former Avenal Prison feral cat program was on its way to accomplishing that, although it appeared to be taking too long for some. Given the commitment of local volunteers and knowing that a well-managed TNR program will work new efforts at cooperation should be pursued. Simple trapping and removal is short term and the population at the Prison is likely to increase close to its original numbers.

The HSUS encourage all members of the community—citizens, veterinarians, animal shelters, wildlife advocates, policy makers, public health departments, businesses—to work together towards a goal of non-lethal approaches to feral cat management. Resources are available on our website at www.hsus.org/feralcats. 

Curt Ransom

Regional Program Manager
West Coast Regional Office
The Humane Society of the United States: 

The nation's largest animal protection organization with nearly ten million members and constituents.

 

 
 
 
Interested in taking action online to help animals? Then join our online community and sign up for our Humane Action Network. Go to www.hsus.org/join .
 
 

Fresno Bee Newspaper Front Page On The Cats At Avenal State Prison

Thank you Fresno Bee

South Valley:

Prison cat program declawed; fur flies
AVENAL — For nearly two decades, Avenal State Prison has served as a home to a population other than inmates. Hundreds of feral cats pass through the grounds in the desolate foothills of western Kings County.

 

To view the full story click above on the "Fresno Bee Report"

Letter Written By Alley Cat Allies

       This letter is posted on Alley Cat Allies website under action alert in support of the feral cats on Avenal State Prison Grounds.  Please view the web site www.alleycat.org  under action alert to read more about what is going on at Avenal State Prison regarding the feral cats on prison grounds.

We THANK!  Alley Cat Allies for all their support and effort to help us get the TNR reinstated.

                                   Institute humane management for feral cats at Avenal


I am appalled to learn that Avenal State Prison would trap and kill the feral cat colonies on the prison grounds, particularly when an effective, humane Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program has been in place for five years. I ask that you place a moratorium on the feeding ban and cat trapping that has been mandated by Warden Mendoza-Powers.
 
Cats have resided on the prison property since 1987. From April 2001 until the recent change in leadership, there was an effective TNR program in place endorsed by both past Wardens Joseph Huskey and Scott Rawers. Using volunteers from California Feline Foundation and volunteer prison staff and inmates, this TNR program trapped, sterilized, and vaccinated all the cats and returned them to the grounds where the inmates provided them with food, water, shelter and cleaned up after them. Because the cats were sterilized and managed, the population was stable and had slowly reduced from over 500 cats in 2001 to 200 cats this year. The cats were causing no problems.
 
The feeding ban, in addition to being exceedingly cruel, can be expected to cause problems. When cats are suddenly cut off from human feeding, they scavenge from garbage and any other source of sustenance, frequently becoming a real nuisance. If the cats are simply removed from the grounds, other, sexually intact cats will move in from surrounding areas to take advantage of whatever resources (garbage or other) are available. Even subsisting on a meager diet, the cats will reproduce at alarming rates. In addition, a trap-and-kill (or remove) scheme has to operate continuously, at considerable cost, and simply will not work. Cats breed far faster than we can kill them. They reproduce prolifically and will quickly form another colony. New cats have already begun to move onto the prison grounds and new kittens have been seen since TNR ceased. 
 
It is apparent that Warden Mendoza-Powers does not understand that she already has at hand the most effective way to reduce the feral cat population, and that she is not considering the cost to the prison system that constant removal of these cats would incur.  Trapping and killing costs about $100 per cat, which is an ongoing expenditure, while TNR usually costs less than half that amount and stabilizes the population.
 
Please consider the benefits that Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) has already shown for the cats on Avenal State Prison grounds and require Warden Mendoza-Powers to reinstate the previous effective, low-cost, and humane management program. You may contact Alley Cat Allies for further information on this program and on Trap-Neuter-Return at alleycat@alleycat.org or 240-482-1980 or visit www.alleycat.org.

September 7, 2006 Email Sent out!

 

 
Keep these cats walking and running to help save the feral cats at Avenal State Prison.......  We must reinstate the TNR Program at Avenal State Prison .
 
To learn more about the Avenal State Prison Cats Visit the website http://freewebs.com/feral-paws-rescue/
 
We have to stop this kind of treatment of the feral cats on prison grounds!
 
 
 
Forward this email on to keep these cats walking to support the reinstatement of the TNR on prison grounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 
We Thank you! For keeping us walking to reinstate the TNR program at Avenal State Prison!
 

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.   
 

September 1, 2006

As far as we could tell, this cat had been at Avenal Animal Control for over 24 hours.  Kathy Estrada, Animal Control Officer hadn't been notified that a cat was going to be dropped off at the facilities, and we hadn't been notified that there was one to pick up. 
Please make note of the feeble attempt to provide water with a rodent water bottle, even though they have been told time and time again, that this is not sufficient for cats. 
This was a feral if there ever was one.  Notice that color, now we're seeing colors of cats that haven't been on the prison grounds until Warden Mendoza Powers's illegal and costly policies regarding the cats has come into practice.  Up until now there were only black, black & white, gray, & gray & white.  What great progress her program has made in controlling the feral cat population at the prison and costly to the tune of around $100, 000.00 of tax payers $$$$$$$$$$.  Well, out of a budget of 9 million plus for Avenal prison, I guess that's just pocket change!!!!!!!!!! He was checked out by a vet and then
taken out to a ranch requesting feral cats and released.
 
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Fondly,
Joyce & critters
 

Thank You!

 
Lorene was well aware of what we had been working on at the Avenal Prison and she wanted to help. That's was discussed the last time I was able to visit her in Morro Bay about 6 weeks ago.  So you see there is and will be additional funds to continue the TNR program, if we can just get RID of Warden Mendoza Powers!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fondly,
Joyce & Critters
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Barbara Johnson

BARBARA JOHNSON "Lorrene" Lorrene passed away on Sunday, August 27, 2006, from cancer. She will be missed by her many friends and her cats. Her family would like to thank Joyce Silva and Joyce Bicknell for their support during Lorrene's illness A big thank you to Dr. Dan Lewis and his great staff. Lorrene was predeceased by her father, Lloyd Kreamer; and stepfather, Kenneth Nylander. She is survived by her loving husband Neil who gave her such wonderful care; her loving children, son, Brad Espinoza and his wife Pam; daughter, Kelley Petersen and her husband Randy; the grand- children she dearly loved, Bradley, Joshua, and Courtney Espinoza, and Katie and Mitchell Petersen; her mother, Barbara Nylander; her sister, Nancy Ploog; stepbrother, Steve Nylander and his wife Sue; her nephew, Kevin Ploog and his family; her nieces, Sheryl, Shelley, and Stephanie; and numerous cousins, aunts and uncles. A Graveside Service will be at Clovis Cementery, on Friday, September 1, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. Lorrene request in lieu of flowers, donations in her name be made to Abby Pet Hospital, 445 N. Abby, Fresno, CA 93701.

BOICE FUNERAL HOME308 Pollasky, Clovis 299-4372

August 15, 2006


Morning to all,
You notice I didn't say GOOD morning.  I've been getting reports that the kittens, which are many, are in really bad shape on the prison grounds.  Since there is no cat food available, water, etc. they are trying to survive on scraps they can find.  Some have died.  Also hearing that some of the trapped cats are being removed from prison grounds and brought up in the hills and released.  The coyotes and birds of prey in the area are having their meals delivered now!  I just can't believe that the prison isn't in some violation of the humane laws!!!!!!!!  Why is this happening?  Because Warden Mendoza Powers can get away with it.
     However, common sense tells us that kitten are there, since the TNR program was eliminated by Powers.  
Also their is a very successful TNR program in the prison in Pleasent Valley,  It was put into place after the Avenal program proved to be so successful.  It is just outside the town of Coalinga, about 15 miles from Avenal.
Will keep you updated and thank you again for everything you are doing to stop this illegal cruelty.
   How or why Warden Kathy Mendoza-Powers can get away with this you ask?  Because she CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fondly,  
Joyce & Critters