1988-2008... 20 years of purrs... 20 years of purpose...
Good Mews
Finding good homes for good kitties…
Happenings
Zachary and Blake
Here are the boys....Zachary is the black one and Blake is the silver tabby. Zach has that blank look in his eyes so often seen with cats from hoarding cases. Look at the size of Blake’s head compared to his body....see how skinny he is....
And so it begins again..... Zachary and Blake recently arrived at Good Mews after being rescued from yet another hoarder situation. Their story is all too familiar these days. Too many cats and dogs, being neglected, living in filth..... hoping for a better life.
Zachary and Blake are just two of the lucky ones we were able to rescue. They are very sweet but very scared and unsure of what is happening around them. They have the look of despair in their eyes. They are not yet sure how to just be a cat, not sure yet how to trust......
But their story is just beginning. Over the next few months we will follow the story of Zachary and Blake. We will be giving updates and pictures as they make progress..... and get a new lease on life.
So far, the good news is that in the 2 weeks they have been with GM they have each gained ONE pound!! They left their intake cage today and entered the shelter....more news to follow, so check back on Zachary and Blake!
Some of the cats from this recent situation are still at Gwinnett county animal control. Please contact them and help save a life!
Microchipping Clinic- A big success!
Thank you to everyone who came out today to support our first microchipping clinic. We met so many wonderful people and had so much fun seeing all of the cats and dogs! Our first clinic was very successful!!
For those of you who got your animals chipped; please allow 3-4 weeks for Home Again to have your pet registered with your information. Until then, your pet is registered with Good Mews since all of the chips were currently registered to us!
Thank you to all of our volunteer veterinarians and vet techs for helping us today!
Thank you also to Grant with Crizo Pet Products for bringing out his beautiful cat trees and Jerry with Pawsibilities in Roswell for the wonderful organic dog and cat food sample bags.
cobb living magazine-Vote for Good mews!
Eveyone who has ever attended the Good Mews Furr Ball dinner auction knows what a great event it is. Now we can let even more people know by voting the Furr Ball the best charity event in town.
Good Mews is featured in the latest issue of Cobb Living magazine! Read about us under the tab, Local Heroes.
Now they are featuring a “Best of” survey in their September/October issue! Go to their website and click onto the Best of Cobb section and vote for the Good Mews Furr Ball as the best charity event.
Please note that the survey must be at least 50% completed in order to be eligible.
As noted on their website, by completing the survey you will also be eligible for prizes, including dinners from area restaurants, gifts and spa packages!
Check out Furr Ball for more information on this year’s event at 103 West in Buckhead!
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.
Got travel?
Going on vacation? Have fun and help the kitties!!
We are teaming up with Ultimate travel to help you make your travel arrangements and it gives Good Mews a chance to get donations from your vacation!
By booking your travel and clicking on UMDonations program, you can support Good mews while you plan your fun! On the donation page of their site, please click on the Good Mews link in the middle of the page and it will take you to the travel agency of Ultimate travel.
For complete information, please read this release! Partnership1.pdf
What a great way to have fun and our wonderful kitties!
After you have placed your order for travel, be sure to email them at . This gives us the ability to track EVERY purchase made through this site and guarantee that the appropriate donation is made.
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Catistics
Adopted This Year: 202
Adopted Last Year: 263
Total Cats Adopted: 5,021+
Years Running: 20
Featured Kitty
Chip
Chip is the only male of his litter, and enjoys playing with his sisters. He is a beautiful grey, with a hint of a lighter stripe.
Meet Your Match
Good Mews is very excited to announce we will be the first shelter in Georgia to roll out the ASPCA®’s Meet Your Match Feline-ality™ Program. We plan to have it up and running by late summer!
Meet your Match for felines was introduced by the ASPCA® in 2007. The launch of Feline-ality™ in 2007 is the latest addition to the ASPCA®’s Meet Your Match™ constellation of adoption programs that include research-based animal behavior assessments—all aimed at increasing adoption rates, and reducing return rates at shelters, thus combating the problem of pet overpopulation in shelters today.
According to the ASPCA®, “the key to developing successful adoptions lies in making good matches between adopters and pets, thus creating lasting bonds,” said Dr. Emily Weiss, the ASPCA’s senior director of shelter behavior programs, and researcher of ASPCA®’s Meet Your Match™. “Feline-ality™ is a tool that does precisely this; and everyone—adopters, shelter staff, and most of all, the cats—benefits from the program.”
Meet Your Match™ is a program of ASPCA®.