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You are here: Home / Kitty Wisdom / Miracles Happen…

Miracles Happen…

July 1, 2010 By: Sparkle Cat33 Comments

If you work for them! I think it took nearly the whole internet to rescue this kitty from a high-kill shelter in Georgia!

She should have been named Miracle.

But here she is, safe and sound at the home of Bobbie from the Cats ~ Goats ~ Quotes blog, and getting ready for the next leg of her trip to her forever home in Arkansas.

She has NO idea how close she was to death!

We did not think she was going to make it. Robin, who originally wrote about her on her blog, Covered in Cat Hair, really did not believe she was going to be saved, but posted about her on the off chance that word would get out to someone who could help. When I saw Robin’s blog post, I decided that this kitty had to live, so I linked to Robin’s blog post from my Facebook page the next day (Monday June 28). I also wrote a blog post about her and put the word out to KC at the Cat Blogosphere. By Tuesday the word had spread like mad. Humans and cats were posting on their blogs and Facebook pages, re-Tweeting, posting on forums, emailing and doing anything they could to save the life of this one cat in need. A few of us, including Dorian of Your Daily Cute, got really passionate about it.

Throughout the day, there were a lot of potential leads, but nothing definite. People would tentatively step up, then back out. Bobbie told Dorian that she was close enough to pick up the kitty, but she couldn’t keep her (Bobbie already has 10 cats!). As Tuesday wound down, leaving just one more day to save the kitty, my human (ever the pessimist) was beginning to think that the buzz all over the internet was just random noise, and that there was no one who could or would take real action. But then, the miracle happened! All the reposting reached a couple of people involved with a Little Rock, AR group called Feline Rescue and Rehome (FuRR). The kitty reminded one of the volunteers of a beautiful black cat he had lost, and a member of the organization’s board began working out arrangements to get the kitty moved from Georgia to Arkansas. On Wednesday, Bobbie was able to pick up the kitty (temporarily named Arizona), and have a couple of vets check her out. The kitty spent the night with Bobbie, and Susan from FuRR is finalizing the details of getting her to her new home.

But it gets better! Carolyn of ALL C.A.T.S. found out about the kitty’s plight through Jan of Jan’s Funny Farm, and even though she has been sick, she wanted to help. When she discovered that the cat had been adopted, she offered to save a white kitty who would otherwise have died. And that’s not all — a helpful/ hopeful worker at Henry County Animal Control (where the kitty was) told Robin she could pull some kittens off of death row if the funds were available… so the story continues.

The lesson? Expect a miracle — but keep plugging away while you’re waiting for it to happen!

This is what a miracle looks like.

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  1. jmuhj says

    August 29, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    Thanks God for these miracles. We were praying and sharing this little beauty’s story on our s/n pages; SO GLAD and relieved that she is safe and that other cats and kittens have gotten rescued as a result of her story, as well. Rescuers are our heroes. Every day. 😉

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  2. Shawna Pratt says

    August 18, 2010 at 8:39 pm

    I hate to burst your bubbles, but that is only one cat. Hundreds of others get killed daily while you are patting your backs. If you want to accomplish something, adopt one more cat. and then one more, and another. We can’t save them all and one just makes up feel better.

    Still, [bitter]sweet story.

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    • Sparkle says

      August 18, 2010 at 9:36 pm

      Um, hello, we all know that it is “only one cat,” but it is a cat that would not have survived if the effort hadn’t been put forth to save her. And it got a lot of publicity out about the plight of these cats in high kill shelters. In fact, several other cats and kittens from the very same shelter were saved because the word spread so far.

      Many readers of this blog – many humans in the cat community – are maxed out on how many cats they are able to handle. All they can do is spread the word about these kitties in shelters, and educate about spaying and neutering, which really is the only way to make sure less cats wind up on death row.

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  3. Michelle says

    July 8, 2010 at 9:58 pm

    SOOOO happy You’re wonderful for caring and helping her!

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  4. Victor Tabbycat says

    July 3, 2010 at 9:12 am

    We is so glad fur dis happy ending! We was ascared to get too attached to dis kitteh cuz we didn’t wanna haf anofur sad. Since June was Adopt a Shelter Cat monf, dis is a wonerful end-of-monf miricle. I hope more an more shelter cats is safed efurry day.
    Purrs,
    Victor

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  5. Lisa says

    July 2, 2010 at 10:27 pm

    So glad you, Dorian, Robin, Bobby, KC, Carolyn plugged away and many, many others jumped in as they were able, too… every link, post and tweet helps. You never know which one will reach the purrfect angel!

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  6. Your Daily Cute says

    July 2, 2010 at 7:49 pm

    I think I will always smile when I think about these couple days we spent plugging away to save one cat… and then so many more!

    It was such a pleasure tag-teaming with your mom and others to help get her saved. We should do it again… often! 🙂

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  7. Spitty the Kitty says

    July 1, 2010 at 7:39 pm

    Hooray, that is such a good story! The Human just went with her friend while he ‘dopted a kitty from the EssPeeCeeAy last week. I love stories where kittehs get saved! Good job, Sparkle!

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  8. Noll says

    July 1, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    That is wonderful. 3 cheers for Bobbie & all who had a hand in saving this beautiful being!

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  9. Rebecca says

    July 1, 2010 at 4:35 pm

    That is sooooo WONDERFUL!! Good job Sparkle, for posting and passing that along!! If I had gotten to your site sooner I would have posted about this kitty too, but gosh I’ve been busy and haven’t had time to check out even my favorite blogs.
    And tell your human to stop being a pessimist! You get what you focus on so focus on what you want!

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  10. Lin says

    July 1, 2010 at 4:32 pm

    Hooray! I love a happy ending. I have a soft spot for black kitties too after growing up with a real charmer. Glad he found a home!

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  11. Anna's Adornments says

    July 1, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    Well done, Sparkle! We are so happy to hear this amazing story!
    Best wishes,
    Anna

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  12. Anna's Adornments says

    July 1, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    Well done, Sparkle! We are so happy to hear till story!

    Best wishes,
    Anna

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  13. Karen & Gerard Zemek says

    July 1, 2010 at 1:41 pm

    Miracles happen every day! This is WONDERFUL news! I am so happy to hear this and will certainly have a link to this post on my “Things I Learned This Week” post tomorrow.

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  14. Brian says

    July 1, 2010 at 12:35 pm

    Sparkle, well done! We were following along tweeting like crazy and I cannot begin to tell you how proud I am of you and the whole darn blogosphere. Bravo! Rest easy now sweet Arizona and hooray for you and all your helpers!

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  15. Toby & Leia says

    July 1, 2010 at 11:43 am

    That is such great news. Thank you for doing what you did to help.

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  16. Fin says

    July 1, 2010 at 8:49 am

    Our eyes are all leaky!

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  17. Grrreta says

    July 1, 2010 at 8:11 am

    I am so thankful to you and all of the others that got involved for saving that sweet kitty’s life, and the lives of the other kitties that were saved as a result of the attention that was brought to the cause. Thank you for getting the word out and making such a wonderful difference in those sweet kitties’ lives. Yay!

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  18. Isabella and Ferdinand says

    July 1, 2010 at 7:50 am

    YAY! Our mommy posted this everywhere and had physic Chip Coffey on the case. I swear Twitter never lies! But we are so glad that these kitties were saved-the info and posts were everywhere and as cats we are always online looking out for each other!
    Thanks for posting this info and we will try to help out as much as possible.
    My little bro Ferdie was a dumpster kitty so he knows…
    YAY!
    mew-mew
    Isabella and Ferdinand

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  19. BeadedTail says

    July 1, 2010 at 7:50 am

    We’re so happy to hear this news because this kitty has been in our thoughts since we first heard about her! Thanks so much to you and all the others who got the word out and saved this sweet kitty!

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  20. Raymond and Busby says

    July 1, 2010 at 7:33 am

    Hurray for the power of the purr! (and for all the good humans too!) And a very happy birthday to Bobbie of Cats, Goats and Quotes today!

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  21. HotMBC aka The Hotties says

    July 1, 2010 at 7:20 am

    Yay!!!!! *happy kitty danse*

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  22. Snowball and Cheetoes says

    July 1, 2010 at 6:26 am

    Three cheers fur mirikles! MEOW,MEOW,MEOW!!!!!!!!!

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  23. Fui, Suey and Lishy says

    July 1, 2010 at 6:12 am

    Well done for your great work. We are so happy for Arizona.

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  24. Hannah and Lucy says

    July 1, 2010 at 6:10 am

    It’s just great to hear of a positive outcome for the 2 kitties.

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  25. Grace says

    July 1, 2010 at 5:26 am

    It is amazing what the blogging community and the internet can accomplish. Some folks scoff at my admiration for the blogging community – those folks are jerks (to put it nicely). One life saved, how many more to go?

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  26. Marg says

    July 1, 2010 at 4:53 am

    Good job Sparkle. It is such a wonderful story about how everyone pulled together and got Arizona out of the shelter. Well done to everyone involved. It is so good to have some good news. Thank heavens that you helped so much. Our hat is off to you.

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  27. The Island Cats says

    July 1, 2010 at 4:24 am

    What a great ending to this story! Kudos to everyone that made it possible!!

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  28. Sniffie and the Florida Furkids says

    July 1, 2010 at 4:10 am

    This is such a wonderful story. We were getting worried that Arizona wasn’t going to make it and were so happy when Bobbi posted that she had her. Thank you to everyone who made this miracle possible.

    Sniffie and the Florida Furkids

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  29. Eric and Flynn says

    July 1, 2010 at 2:37 am

    We are so happy that miracles can happen, and even happier that it was a double miracle. Well done Sparkle and all the others involved. You should all be very proud of yourselves for saving the lives of two kitties, and hopefully some of the others also.

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