Indiana Feral Park Cats: Final Update (I hope)

Apologies for taking so long to post this (hopefully) final update on
the feral park cats in Richmond, Indiana.

Ironically, it was politics that solved the problem. A new mayor was
elected, and she even (while campaigning) went out with the caretakers
and helped feed the ferals! She has since worked with the caretakers
and they have an agreement that they will be left alone to do what
they need to do for the cats.

I'm sure all your calls, e-mails and letters helped make a difference.
I suspect this issue was the defining one in the election, in fact.

There is an excellent summary of what has happened at the following
URL:

http://indyferal.org/index.php?page=newsletter

Under "April 2005 Feral Focus" click on your preference for viewing.

Thank you so much for taking your time and energy to help these cats.
May they continue to have a happy future.

Ginger-lyn

Home Pages:
http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy)
http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/glsummer/ (The Violence Against
Animals in Movies Website)

wrote:

http://indyferal.org/index.php?page=newsletter

Under "April 2005 Feral Focus" click on your preference for viewing.

Thank you so much for taking your time and energy to help these cats.
May they continue to have a happy future.

Ginger-lyn

That's great! As a former Hoosier, I'm glad Indiana wasn't backward
this time.

Candace

"Candace" wrote in message
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wrote:

http://indyferal.org/index.php?page=newsletter

Under "April 2005 Feral Focus" click on your preference for viewing.

Thank you so much for taking your time and energy to help these cats.
May they continue to have a happy future.

Ginger-lyn

That's great! As a former Hoosier, I'm glad Indiana wasn't backward
this time.


Oh gross. I can hear that little nasal accent with the broad
vowels now. I should have known.

wrote:
Apologies for taking so long to post this (hopefully) final update on
the feral park cats in Richmond, Indiana.

Ironically, it was politics that solved the problem. A new mayor was
elected, and she even (while campaigning) went out with the
caretakers
and helped feed the ferals! She has since worked with the caretakers
and they have an agreement that they will be left alone to do what
they need to do for the cats.

I'm sure all your calls, e-mails and letters helped make a
difference.
I suspect this issue was the defining one in the election, in fact.

There is an excellent summary of what has happened at the following
URL:

http://indyferal.org/index.php?page=newsletter

Under "April 2005 Feral Focus" click on your preference for viewing.

Thank you so much for taking your time and energy to help these cats.
May they continue to have a happy future.

Ginger-lyn

Home Pages:
http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm
(genealogy)
http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/glsummer/ (The Violence Against
Animals in Movies Website)



Thanks for posting this. I had sort of forgotten about it.

-L.

Candace wrote:

That's great! As a former Hoosier, I'm glad Indiana wasn't backward
this time.

Candace

Don't you have to be born there to be considered a Hoosier? Or did you
go to IU in Bloomington?

-L.

Mary wrote:
"Candace" wrote in message

Oh gross. I can hear that little nasal accent with the broad
vowels now. I should have known.

Well, it's nice you have a whole state figured out but, sorry to
disappoint, I was born in a suburb of Chicago and lived there until I
was 9 when we moved to Indiana, northern Indiana. My speech patterns
were already established by then and, anyway, people from northern
Indiana don't have the same accent as those from southern Indiana.

But thanks for caring.

Candace

-L. wrote:
Candace wrote:

That's great! As a former Hoosier, I'm glad Indiana wasn't
backward
this time.

Candace

Don't you have to be born there to be considered a Hoosier? Or did
you
go to IU in Bloomington?

-L.

Moved to northern Indiana from Illinois when I was 9 so I went to
school in Indiana longer than in Illinois. I went to Purdue
(Boilermakers) in West Lafayette, not IU. My parents still live in
Indiana. I have far more of an Indiana connection than an Illinois
connection.

But I've been in AZ longer than anywhere so now I consider myself an
Arizonan. But I always say I'm *from* Indiana.

Candace

Wonderful news!! Thanks for letting us know.
Gail
wrote in message
...
Apologies for taking so long to post this (hopefully) final update on
the feral park cats in Richmond, Indiana.

Ironically, it was politics that solved the problem. A new mayor was
elected, and she even (while campaigning) went out with the caretakers
and helped feed the ferals! She has since worked with the caretakers
and they have an agreement that they will be left alone to do what
they need to do for the cats.

I'm sure all your calls, e-mails and letters helped make a difference.
I suspect this issue was the defining one in the election, in fact.

There is an excellent summary of what has happened at the following
URL:

http://indyferal.org/index.php?page=newsletter

Under "April 2005 Feral Focus" click on your preference for viewing.

Thank you so much for taking your time and energy to help these cats.
May they continue to have a happy future.

Ginger-lyn

Home Pages:
http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy)
http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/glsummer/ (The Violence Against
Animals in Movies Website)

Candace wrote:

Moved to northern Indiana from Illinois when I was 9 so I went to
school in Indiana longer than in Illinois. I went to Purdue
(Boilermakers) in West Lafayette, not IU. My parents still live in
Indiana. I have far more of an Indiana connection than an Illinois
connection.

But I've been in AZ longer than anywhere so now I consider myself an
Arizonan. But I always say I'm *from* Indiana.

Candace

Gotcha. I grew up in IL but lived and worked in Indy for 9 years from
89-98. Did a lot of joint research with Purdue. My Mom lived in IL
still, so I did a lot of driving I-65 over those 9 years.

-L.

-L. wrote:

Gotcha. I grew up in IL but lived and worked in Indy for 9 years
from
89-98. Did a lot of joint research with Purdue. My Mom lived in IL
still, so I did a lot of driving I-65 over those 9 years.

Where in IL? I was born in Rockford and my father's side of the family
were all in Chicago.

Candace