Not on My Watch: The Ticking Clock.

Pat arrives at Douglas County Animal Control every day they're open. She walks up and down the aisles filled with cages holding stray, abandoned or surrendered cats and dogs. She's been doing this for a long time. It never gets any easier. She has to do the math. How many cats can she rescue today? Is there a dog with an injury she can get to Sweetwater Creek Animal Hospital? Does she still have any funds left to cover his needs?

Which cats can she hope to place in her few foster homes? Which could she possibly help get adopted? Which ones are so friendly she can't imagine them being euthanized due to limited space at Animal Control? The answer to that would probably be each and every one.

The three cats below, are some of the cats who are facing their last few days. The ticking clock never stops. It merely pauses to take note that the time has come for their lives to end. When that moment comes, we aren't ever sure exactly when, but we know that it's there-a brutal sentinel.

©2010 Pat Hopper.

I'd like to say there's a miracle out there for these cats, but I can't. I'd like you all to consider sharing their plight with your friends and family. There are other cats and dogs, waiting, too. Maybe you can help one of them? We always hope that somewhere out there somebody can step up and lend these cats their home, their hearts or just a hand out of this place.

This is what we know:

1 - 1.5 year old calico mama cat: Diana (ID# 4063 A)
and her babies:

Franklin (ID # 4063 C) creamsicle-orange tabby, 10-12 weeks old when he came in with his mama.

Johnny (ID # 4063 D) black & white "cow cat" with the same Alfalfa-hairdo look as his mama.

When these poor kitties hear the cage door click, they immediately dash for the opening, hoping someone's coming to get them. It's heartbreaking.

They are all extremely sweet (and very healthy), and will make some lucky family or person very happy with their great personalities and wonderful demeanors.

Ideally looking for someone local to adopt, foster, or rescue, but if funds can be raised/arrangements made for transport, maybe they can be saved by someone who is not local.

Mama and her boys are currently at the Douglas County Animal Control facility.

Contact:

Pat Hopper - Douglas County Transporter (pull & transport available to local, licensed rescues)

pnh1918@aol.com

Home: 770-577-7743

Cell: 404-725-0393

and/or:

Douglas County Animal Control

1755 County Services Road

Douglasville, Ga 30134

PH: 770-942-5961

Fax: 770-942-5914