Kirra-3/10/09-BARC Animal Shelter

Last Saturday Diana and I went to the BARC Animal Shelter in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It was extremely fun, so many kitties! However, all of them were in small cages (except for a few who were roaming around, I guess they rotate) in a dark, kind of creepy room. Volunteering on Saturday is sheerly petting the cats and playing with them– but on other days it’s other things. I’m going to go back there as soon as I can, I can’t wait to see Philip again!

Philip is a small grayish brown tabby with a disease called Bartonella, but it’s thankfully treatable. I learned about that disease, and another called FIV. It’s the same as HIV but for cats. The F stands for feline instead of human. Playing with the cats was incredibly fun, there were so many kinds! They were so sweet too. If you pull up a stool in front of the cage, and open the door, the cat will just walk right out (if they feel like it, most do) and plop on your lap! Provenzano was the one who went on mine, incredibly adorable. Another cat there was oddly named Oscarella, because they thought she was a guy so they named her Oscar. Then they realized she was girl, thus Oscarella. For my next visit I’m definitely going to do something more than playing with the cats. I want to help more. These cats are so cute and need homes so the more I can do to help, the better. Diana and I want to get the grade to sponsor a cat. We got some pictures while we were there, although it was pretty dark.  Hopefully the pictures I uploaded will show up….

RIP Campbell