Good Mews

2009 Picture Purrfect Calendar

We are pleased to say that the supporters of Good Mews have the most adorable cats and kittens in the country.

How do we know? We looked at over 112 entries to the “Picture Purrfect” Calendar Contest and the photos were fabulous. Thank you to everyone who submitted photos this year!

It was a very tough decision to pick the cats that would be featured on the cover as well as the months, and we hesitate to say “winners” because each and every cat is a winner in our eyes! It is apparent that every cat pictured in this calendar is well-loved and cared for by their owners.

The judging was performed by Melinda D. Merck,D.V.M.,who is the Senior Director of Veterinary Forensic Sciences for the ASPCA. Dr. Merck frequently testifies as a forensic veterinary expert for animal cruelty cases around the country and provides training for veterinary and law enforcement professionals nationwide on the use of veterinary medical knowledge in the investigation and prosecution of animal cruelty cases. She has also authored several textbooks on veterinary forensics. Dr. Merck has long been a supporter of Good Mew and we are appreciative of her help with this year’s calendar.

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About our Cover Cat: Thatcher

When this handsome boy’s owners, Sean Rindge and Hillery Rink of Atlanta, caught this beautiful zen-like photo of their cat in the sun, they had no idea that one day he would become a star! 

Thatcher is a 3-year old male tabby that was adopted from Good Mews. He truly is a companion animal that follows them from room to room and they have no problem doting on him. One of Thatcher’s favorite activities is to “ride” on plastic bags and his owners are more than happy to indulge him!

Featured cat of the month!

Each month we will be doing a spot light on one of our “Extra Special Kitties”.

A new feature under our Adopt tab will highlight those kitties with extra special needs which may include long term medications, long term extra care or even cats with no additional medical needs but perhaps our shyer kitties who just need extra time and patience when they get adopted.

Being a no-kill shelter differentiates us from other traditional shelters. Being a no-kill means we have kitties with “Extra Special” needs that would otherwise not make it in a traditional shelter.

Our featured kitty for November is a sweet kitty indeed and her name is Grace.

Grace came to us from animal control with brand new babies so immediately went into foster care. Her babies have all been adopted but Grace is still awaiting her forever home. Grace is an amazing cat who will keep you laughing with all of her antics. She has a lot of energy, loves to play, is very affectionate and talkative. Grace is not too fond of other kitties and would definitely do best in a home as an only cat.

Grace also has some special needs when it comes to her eyes. She was born with a condition which causes her eyelashes to touch the inside of her eyes. Ouch! She has had two surgeries to correct the problem and is currently doing great on a regimen of eye ointment once a day.

There is a possibility that she will need more eye surgery in the future to remove the very small eyelashes that may grow back and irritate her eyes.

Grace has an amazing spirit and you would never know she has any medical issues at all. She loves people, loves to play and loves to help you at your computer!

Please give Grace the chance she deserves in a home of her own. She is anxious to get out of the shelter environment where she lives in the office since the other cats scare her too much.

If you are interested in finding out more about adopting Grace, please email .

If you cannot adopt at this time and would like to make a donation in Grace’s honor, please click DONATE!

Worthwhile Causes!

Update: In honor of Perez putting us on his website we rescued 2 kitties on death row at animal control and named them Perez and Teddy, who is Perez’ dog!

Perez

Teddy, on the right.
Check out celebrity blogger, Perez Hilton as Good Mews is listed as a “worthwhile cause!

Perez Hilton, the famous celebrity blogger, gets as many as 10 million hits a day!!

Click here to see his website and Good Mews! Perez Hilton
On the left side of his home page, go to search and type in Good Mews. Worthwhile causes will come up and click onto Inspiration. Scroll down the page until you see Good Mews!

Thank you Perez Hilton!!!

For a close up of our shelter on Perez, click here:
A_Worthwhile_Cause.pdf

Also, on the side of Perez’ website he has a section to view pages by date so after today you can do a search to see Good Mews by entering the date of November 4th!

Catistics

Adopted This Year: 266

Adopted Last Year: 263

Total Cats Adopted: 5,105+

Years Running: 20