Good Mews

Prudence’s story

I’ve made a donation today in memory of my kitty, Prudence. She was adopted from Good Mews on a very cold and windy New Year’s Eve in the early 1990’s. Volunteer Christi Fisher spent hours with me to find just the right kitty to take home. At the time, Prudence was around 5 years old and had been a resident of the shelter (then on Sandtown Road) for more than 3 years! Christi told me that Pru tended to be a little standoffish with prospective adopters, but that she was quite affectionate. It didn’t take but a minute for her to warm up to me and bury her nose in the crook of my arm.

Prudence knew immediately that she had found a home and she rewarded me every day with purrs and rubs and cat calls. She was very vocal and very social – all visitors to my home were greeted and asked a series of questions. She kept a close eye on repairmen and made sure everyone had the opportunity to pet her. But please, don’t pick her up, she’ll come to you. She withstood the adoption of two other Good Mews cats over the years, but preferred to think she was the only cat in the house.  I had to make the difficult decision to let the old girl go today. She was my devoted companion for 14 years and will be greatly missed. I hope more shelter visitors will consider the slightly aloof, older cat when then come to the shelter – they’ll be rewarded greatly for many years.

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Snip Pets!

Carrie Murtha, a Good Mews volunteer has started her own line of art work called the Snip Pets!

What exactly IS a SnipPet?

It’s simple. A snip~pet is…
1-PET art created with SNIPS of paper, paint and clay.
2-a PET that has been spayed or neutered...the kindest SNIP of all!

Make sure YOUR pet is a SnipPet...it is the only way to stop pet overpopulation and the consequent euthansasia of millions of healthy, adoptable cats and dogs EVERY year!

From Carrie: “I will donate 10% of any art sales generated by you directly to your Spay/Neuter efforts. I always ask each customer how/where they heard about the SnipPets, so that i can easily track what group to donate to.  In addition, I am developing products featuring my SnipPet mascots, Stuart and Sunny SnipPet, and 100% of the profits from those items will go toward your spay/neuter efforts.

In addition, 10% of the selling price will go to the best cat shelter in the world, Good Mews. I will donate that percentage to their spaying and neutering efforts.”

Please check out her wonderful products by clicking Snip~Pets. Also check out more about her artwork and her spay neuter efforts in helping our furry friends at Snip-Pet-Blog.

Another great holiday gift idea for you and your friends and an added bonus of helping the Good Mews kitties!