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Welcome to Animal Posse, the podcast dedicated to the
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people and rescues making a
difference in the lives of animals.
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Welcome back to the show, everybody.
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Today we are diving into the heart
of animal advocacy here in Louisiana.
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We've all seen them, the shadows
moving through our neighborhoods,
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the forgotten faces of our community.
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But today's guest didn't
look the other way.
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She decided to build a lifeline.
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I am joined by Hannah Louviere,
the force behind Forgotten
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Felines rescue . of Louisiana.
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Thank you for being here today, Hannah.
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Hannah: Yeah, my pleasure.
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Dixie: I wanna hear all about
forgotten felines rescue of Louisiana.
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What is your mission and
how did you get started?
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Hannah: So our main mission is to
pretty much take in cats that have.
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Just no chance.
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Same thing with dogs too, but
obviously our main focus is on cats.
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We started off as a TNR
program as college students.
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It was my sophomore year of college.
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And we.
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Actually had a feral cat colony on
campus and one of the cats actively gave
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birth in front of us on a sidewalk while
we were walking in between classes.
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And we started off as
a group of strangers.
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We all just came together
in an alleyway and sat there
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and watched this cat do this.
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And from there, the very next
day we formed an organization
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on campus that helped TNR Cats.
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Obviously we would rehome kittens that
we trapped and we would socialize them.
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And from there we formed into forgotten
Felines Rescue about two years later.
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And so our, like I said, our main
goal was to start off with TNR
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Cats, cats that people overlooked.
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Your feral cats, your street cats.
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And we started taking them
in and realizing that it was
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pretty easy to socialize.
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Our young guys.
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, And if they weren't socialable,
we could always release them.
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We did every medical care that you
could think of for them and release
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them back into a colony that was
monitored and fed and sheltered.
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Dixie: Did you go to college
expecting for it to turn into this
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were you an animal lover before this?
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Hannah: I absolutely was.
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At the time I was
pre-vet, so loved animals.
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I was a biology student, and it was a
group of bio students who did all of this.
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Did I think that it would.
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Changed my life 10 years later.
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Absolutely not.
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I did not think that it
would've engrossed me so much.
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I knew that my goal was to
always help animals in some form.
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I do remember one of my questions for
one of our pre-professional groups
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was like, what kind of deems you as
successful in your job or in life?
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And one of my statements was to be
able to help any animal that I see.
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And, 10 years later here I am and I am
reached out with all kinds of cases.
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Our main focus as of right
now is our shelter cases.
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So we do have a lot of shelter people
who reach out to us about medical cases
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that basically exceeds their medical
knowledge and or their financial
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possibilities for these animals.
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And for me, because at this point , I'm
a surgical technician for, a vet and
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at multiple animal hospitals right now.
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And so I have the means and I have the
knowledge and I have the people around
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to help take on these special cases.
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So we do get a lot of.
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Cats who need amputations, cats who
have weird skin issues eye problems.
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Ch right now has pretty
much taken us over.
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A lot of people have been reaching out
to us about taking in our little ch guys.
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And and so that's pretty much where
we've landed and where we are now.
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Dixie: Yeah, I definitely would like
to talk more about that, but I would
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also like to backtrack a little bit
to your beginnings of getting started.
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Because I'm in a different generation
from you and so I'm older than you are.
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And of course, like we are seeing
now, , my generation is almost
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considered the younger generation
in rescue because there's very few
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people that are your age in rescue.
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And it seems to be like a big problem
right now because all these other rescues
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that are established, they don't know what
they're gonna do because they're having a
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difficult time recruiting younger people.
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So since you started at such a
young age, I would like to get
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like more insight to that too.
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Like when you first got started doing
the TNR and y'all saw these stray cats on
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campus, was this something that you were
already aware of, that this was a problem?
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Did you already know about TNR or
did you like look for a mentor?
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Hannah: I had absolutely no
idea this that was a problem.
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I didn't even hear of TNR when we formed.
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I had no idea what that term even meant.
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And the fun fact, I had
little cat knowledge on top
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of that when I first started.
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We formed the rescue
when I was 19 years old.
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I was very young and had no
idea what I was doing, if we're
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gonna be so completely honest.
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But yeah, I had absolutely no idea.
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So when I found out that basically
feral cats and colony cats were a
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thing, it just hit me and I was like,
oh, I'm gonna do research on that.
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And I started researching it
and then I learned about TNR.
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And then Angela with Purrs of
Hope, actually is the one that
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taught us everything that we know.
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She really took us under our wing,
and was like, this is what you do.
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This is how you set a trap.
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This is where you take them.
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This is what they need in
the care, blah, blah, blah.
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And we went with it and ran with it.
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Once again at this point I
was a teenager and had just
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little, very little knowledge.
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It was very interesting to me.
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So I guess more from like my
scientific background of like
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where I was headed in school I saw
it as a science thing to look at.
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So at the end of the day, they were
just animals and how we could fix them.
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And so I guess that gained more of
my interest from that aspect of what
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difference could we actually make?
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And if you wanna quote unquote call
it a science experiment our first
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true colony that we were able to.
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Pretty much contain
was the cats on campus.
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And so that was our main focus.
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And so once we saw.
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It kind of dwindling down.
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So the amount of cats having
kittens the amount of cats basically
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showing up, injured, hurt all of
that started dwindling down within
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a year of us just trapping, spay,
neutering, and taking in kittens.
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And so we saw the difference and so we're
like, oh, we can do this in other places.
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And more people reached out to us we would
see a cat and we would go to these random
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areas and we would just start trapping
neutering and repeating the same process
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and seeing a difference there as well.
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And so once again, being so young,
it was easy in the sense of we
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just had to worry about school.
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So we didn't really we all had jobs at
the time, but it really was something
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that could put all of our focus in on.
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We've also tried to recruit people and try
to get people more closer to like our age.
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I feel like now now that all of us are
30 in the group that we have reached
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more people to assist us and to spread
that knowledge of TNR and taken in
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cats and not to look over anything
and to basically be able to rescue.
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Of course once again, I am under the full
agreement that there are fewer and fewer
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people going into rescue at our ages.
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Most of the people that we obviously
work around and, have partnership
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with are a lot older than us still.
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And so you know, it, there is like
that generational break, but we all
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work together and they've taught us
so much and so I get to see what.
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Other rescues have done who have been
in it in year for, decades and take that
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knowledge and put it under our rescue.
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And we have a lot of partnerships.
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One of our good partners is with St.
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Mary's.
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Area.
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So the parish and the Aviary
project she is the closest one to
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our age that we've actually had who
started up her own rescue as well.
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And she does everything.
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A lot of her focus is basically like
getting animals that are in need
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and she transports them to other
rescues as being her main resource.
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So we actually have a direct
pipeline for a lot of neglect
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cases, hoarding cases animals.
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With severe medical conditions that are
outside the the prospects of other places
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that would be willing to take them in.
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And so she reaches out to us and she
knows that I'm a sucker and I'll never
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say no, especially to a medical case.
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Even when we have no room, no space, we
have, little limited amount of funds.
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If it's an animal in need, like
she knows that I'll take it.
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And so we've worked together
and so far she's pretty much
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the only other person that.
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Together we have formed our own separate
rescues and have watched them grow.
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And one of the things that I never
thought being 19-year-old, me starting
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this up and doing this in between
classes and meeting with people
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and trapping cats and running cats.
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To the vet before class and stuff was that
we would ever own like an actual facility
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or a building because I never thought
that we would get as big or that any
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of us would still be in, in the rescue.
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'cause it was started
off as a school project.
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And here we are in 2026 and we just
basically bought her own building.
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And so we were working on having an actual
facility instead of being foster based
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right now, which once again, and never in
my brain when I first started this rescue,
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that I think that's where we would end up.
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Dixie: Congratulations on that.
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That's quite an accomplishment.
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Thank So is it all
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Hannah: Thank you.
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It's
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Dixie: still all the same people that
are in the rescue as everybody who
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was originally there still involved.
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Hannah: Unfortunately no.
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So when we first formed it was four
core members and two have obviously,
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we were so young when we were in
college already, so they all had future
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prospects and what they were going into.
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So two of the members have
stopped and or, doing their own
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thing and doing their own future.
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And then there is still the two core
members, which is me and Kaitlyn who.
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Has pretty much.
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Downsized on what she's done in the
rescue, but she's always there, she's
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always a part of the rescue with
decision making and stuff like that.
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So the newest member of the group
would be Alyssa, who I've pretty much
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suckered into being part of the rescue.
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She can't say no, and . She started
off as just a little foster and
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now she is also one of she's not a
founding member, but she has become
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an actual core member of our rescue.
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So it really is just the three of us
still running this me of course taking
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in the most and dealing with the most.
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Helping with like outreach
in communities right now.
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And it's a lot, but we all have
each other at the end of the day,
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whenever it comes down to, I'm
too stressed, can you do this?
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And they're like, absolutely.
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And they're, on it.
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So yeah, , I miss what we were
when we were in college, but
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I like where we are right now.
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Dixie: Tell me a little bit
about the building that you have.
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So are your hopes is to go fully
like foster free with this building?
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Hannah: Yeah, actually I'm sure you
know how it is in animal rescue.
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Finding fosters is not always an option.
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Some people like to foster for a week or a
weekend, and we have animals in our rescue
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that are here for months, especially
our medical cases where they have to be.
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They have to have surgery,
they have to heal and recover.
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And that takes a long time.
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And what we have found to be the
easiest thing was that one of we
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have actually managed to be working
out of a single building right
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now that it's not ours at all.
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But we were kind enough by a couple
of people to donate the space to us.
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And so it is just.
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Fully under my care with animals.
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And so it has become very overwhelming.
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And of course the more social media,
interests that we get, the more
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people that wanna reach out and
help, we aren't able to actually
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allow them to help just because of
the circumstances of where we are.
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And once again, we have a handful of
fosters, but they can't always foster.
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Always taken.
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We had reached out to a few people
and we have very kind, generous
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people who have said, whatever
you need, we'll help you with.
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And the new building that we have,
it is actually two separate buildings
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right now that we are going to be
combining with . One single door.
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But we will have a medical side, so
that will be our side for all of our
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new intakes who are under quarantine.
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We do a two week quarantine on
everybody who comes through to
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limit any outbreaks or risk of
anything going under, outta control.
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And, any medical cases that
we have will be on that side.
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And of course in rescue, the main
things that we see are ringworm, URI.
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Things like that.
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So they'll all have their own
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in, and so they can be there.
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And then our quarantine space will be in
a different area, in the same building.
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And then for all of our healthy cats who
have not, been diagnosed with anything or.
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I have just pretty much recovered fully
from whatever they had previously.
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We'll go on the adoption side and
so we will have the adoption side
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for baby kittens and basically
juveniles and adults and they can
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just free roam and, be happy and not
left in cages or anything like that.
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then yeah, absolutely, we would
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welcome fosters and to help out
and take home a kitty for a while.
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But yeah, our goal is to not no longer
be foster based, but to have a physical
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facility where these animals can room
free and have as much freedom as they can
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without any timeframe, without any time
limits of us having to be like, okay,
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they have to be out by this time because.
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This foster can no longer foster them.
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So it's reduces the stress on us as
well as for them, because they don't
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have to get moved around back and forth.
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And which does unfortunately happen a lot
when your foster base is, when one foster
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is out, another foster might step in and
then they go to a different house and
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they have to re acclimate all over again.
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And us being, a cat rescue, we all
know how stressful that can be on cats.
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Some cats are.
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Perfect, and they don't
care about anything.
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And then there are other cats where
it's the most jarring, life altering
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thing that they've ever experienced
with going into a new environment.
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In an effort to reduce their stress
is give them one space they can be in
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and, have all of the amenities that
they could have , for a cat that they
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could enjoy and have people come by.
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Play with them and see them anytime
they want it and, hopefully get adopted.
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Fingers crossed.
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But yeah, I'm very excited for this new
space that we're getting not only for
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obviously for our sake, but definitely
for the cats because they do deserve to be
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in that type of setting instead of being
tossed from foster home to foster home.
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And I know that's a bad word to use,
but tossed, but you understand what
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I mean by just going in between homes
until they go into their permanent home.
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Dixie: Yeah, absolutely.
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How many animals are you gonna be
able to house in your facility?
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Hannah: Actually, it's a very
large facility now with it
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being a two, combined buildings.
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So we don't really have a limit as long as
we have space or if somebody reaches out
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to us, we'll always make space for them.
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So it's not saying that we're open
intake, but we will always make
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space for any animals in need.
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So there is truly like no limit.
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So I do think that based on what
we are now, which is limited, that.
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We could expand a lot more with
what we intake and how we intake
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them and everything like that.
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So that's also really exciting.
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'cause once again, our main focus is St.
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Mary's Parish right now,
because I, we live in St.
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Tammany and there's rescues and, there's
people on every corner that help animals.
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And not to say St.
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Tammany does not have any issues
with strays or animals in need, but.
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St.
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Mary's Parish has been one that we've
been working with for almost five years
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now, and almost every single animal
that's in our care comes directly from
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there because they just have, they have
no resources at all, and they don't have.
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They have very little veterinarian
help where they help out rescues.
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They don't offer discounts a whole lot.
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And it was one of the discussions that
I had with one of my members and I was
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like, what if we just focus on them and
stop taking, from our community, which
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doesn't necessarily make a hit because
there are so many rescues in our area.
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And really focus on animals that like
truly need it, animals with a deadline.
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Animals that if they do
not receive help, will die.
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And and of course like once we started
doing it, we were like, wow, this is
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great because it actually feels like
we're helping it doesn't always feel
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that way in rescue, which once again, I'm
sure you understand, but doing the St.
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Mary, I call the St.
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Mary Parish pipeline has
really made a difference on
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what I feel like we have done.
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And like I said, for about
five years now, we have intake.
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We have taken in probably over a
thousand, cats and dogs from them that
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were either on the euthanasia list or
for space or they had they needed surgery
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and they couldn't afford it, so they
were automatically gonna be euthanized.
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And so we've made a major difference
and the lives of those animals for sure.
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And so that's been very
rewarding in that aspect.
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Yeah, it's all the
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Dixie: rural parishes do need a lot
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Hannah: of
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Dixie: help.
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Yes.
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Hannah: How is it
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Dixie: that you came to
get connected with St.
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Mary Parish?
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Hannah: That's so funny because
I actually don't quite remember.
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I really feel like Carla Kutone,
who basically was working at the
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shelter at the time, had just
sent us a message about a cat.
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Like it was like.
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A cat and some kittens who all had such
severe upper respiratory infections
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that at some point they were gonna need.
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Nucleation, whether it be
bilateral or unilateral, their
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eyes were gonna have to come out.
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And that is something that
it was completely out of.
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Their financial, what they could
pay for these shelter animals
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that may or may not get adopted.
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And so of course they would move
on to something else that is more
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adoptable and something they could
help with less amount of funds.
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And so she had reached out.
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And one thing about me is the highness.
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sucker for an eyeball.
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Cat eyeball.
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Cats are my absolute favorite
things on the face of this planet.
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And it just took one email and then
we met once and then once again,
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it was like campus realizing, about
TNR and all of that stuff all over
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again, where I was like, oh, y'all
actually have no help these animals,
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if somebody doesn't say that,
they'll help them, they just die.
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And she's yeah, pretty much.
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And I was like, oh, I'll always help you.
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No, no matter what, even if I can't,
like I will help you in some way.
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And and like it's been a very.
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Very rewarding partnership with them.
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And they've always been so kind and they
honestly watching them do the hard work
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of rescuing these animals and some of
the conditions that they send pictures in
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and, I'm like, I'm just happy I can help.
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I'm happy that I can
remove them from that.
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And y'all have put in the, basically all
of the work of rearranging with, police
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officers because they do a lot of they do
handle a lot of stuff with the court and
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police handlings and all of that stuff.
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And some animals are basically evidence
at some point, so they do have to go
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into an evidence hold with their shelter
and then they can be released to us.
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And but yeah it took one email
and it has pretty much trickled
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into what we are now and.
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They have done so much work and I'm always
happy to take in anything that they do.
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And a lot of the,
they've gone independent.
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They did leave the shelter.
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They do have a good communication,
obviously with the shelter, but now
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their main goal is to reduce animals
actually going into the shelter.
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And so they, with their network, they
have managed to deviate animals from
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even entering the shelter to begin
with and getting them straight to us
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through, a lot of work on their part.
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So yeah.
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Dixie: Yeah.
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And that's where the Aviary
Creature Rescue is too, right?
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In St.
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Mary?
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Hannah: Yes.
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Dixie: Yeah.
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Yes, I did speak with Alyssa about
that, and just some of the things that
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go on in that area, it is atrocious.
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Yes.
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And then it truly
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Hannah: is,
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Dixie: they have these weird laws too
that they're trying to come up with where
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you can't feed cats or can't feed strays.
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And it just, it's backwards to me.
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Hannah: I could not agree more.
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And those weird laws is actually
what led to us having to form
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forgotten Felines Rescue.
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When we were on campus, , like I
said, it was like a school project.
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And so we were Campus Cat
Coalition for a while and.
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The president of the campus
basically accused us of putting
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cats on campus and we're like no.
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We are putting the cats back, but they are
fixed and they are healthy, and so they
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can stay on this campus and if we remove
them, you'll create a funnel effect.
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And we had to, go into all of that.
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And he basically, we think he'd
been it nice, he did threaten our
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academic careers at the time, and
so we of course were scared little
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college students who were like, if he
ruins us, like what's gonna happen?
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And one of the loopholes that
we found was that he can't
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touch a 5 0 1 C through rescue.
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If a 5 0 1 C3 is on a public campus,
he cannot do anything about it.
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And so that's what led
to us actually forming.
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Forgotten feelings rescued from there.
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And they still have a lot of laws
that we have had to like loop around.
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But one of the main ones, and I will never
understand it, is not feeding colony cats.
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I don't understand how that can ever
be illegal to feed a street animal
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or any animal in need in general.
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If you feed them, they
don't become a nuisance.
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If you starve them, they
will become a nuisance.
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And then that is how sick
animals spread disease.
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If they're not taken care of, if they're
not sheltered, if they're not cared for
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in any capacity, that is more detrimental
to the environment and the community.
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Not everyone sees it that way.
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Dixie: Yeah.
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That's the same thing that I said
when Alyssa told me that, I was
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like, they're creating a nuisance.
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Like they're trying to say yes.
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Oh we're gonna get rid of the nuisance.
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We're not gonna feed them.
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And it's no, you're creating the
nuisance by not feeding them.
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It makes no sense.
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Hannah: It truly makes zero sense
because if you keep an animal fed.
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Yes, they will quote unquote,
be more familiar with people.
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And I guess they'll be more likely
to come in people's public spaces.
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But the animals are already there.
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We didn't put the animals there.
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At the end of the day, the animals are
already there because of an ongoing
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system that is all over the world of not
spaying and neutering your pets, of just
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abandoning your pets outside because
they just think that they're animals.
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And I don't think that people understand
that our pets have been domesticated to.
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Pets not to be wild animals.
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And so they cannot take
care of themselves.
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Feral cats are a completely different
aspect of that because cats are
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incredible in the aspect of how they
can navigate within, on their own.
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But but yeah, just if you leave
them alone, then , you create
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an entire different problem of
animals that are desperate and
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desperate animals are never good.
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And you, like I said, you just, you
make animals sick by doing that.
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And the sicker the animal, the weaker
immune system, the more likely for
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disease and viruses to spread among
other animals within the community.
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And once again, people that have higher
status don't really see it in that way,
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which is very frustrating at times.
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You
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Dixie: did say that you are
a surgical vet technician.
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Hannah: Yes, ma'am.
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Okay.
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I've been doing it since 2015,
so a little over 10 years now.
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So tell me
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Dixie: about some of the special
medical cases that you take care of.
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Hannah: Yeah, absolutely.
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The current ones that we have it always
comes in waves, which we all find funny.
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Like it's not funny, but it is funny.
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But , we'll be contacted about a cat
that needs nucleation or a cat with a,
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eyelight, a genesis where they don't
have an eyelid and which would obviously
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have to be led to an enucleation.
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And most of our cases are eyes.
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So we get a lot of cases where just if
you don't treat a cat's eye infection,
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, their body will take care of it in
the sense of it will cut off any.
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Healthy tissue it can, or blood supply
to that eye and make it unusable and it
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can cause a problem later on to them.
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And so it always comes in waves
where we'll get one cat with an eye
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infection that needs an nucleation,
and then we ended up with, 10 cats
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that are getting eye nucleation.
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This current go that we have right
now was like leg amputations.
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And so we were contacted by Carla who
works with Alyssa and, and she was
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00:25:00,358 --> 00:25:03,898
like, we have this one little mama
cat that she got pulled underneath the
455
00:25:03,898 --> 00:25:09,298
fence by a dog and her leg is broken
and it was such a severe break and
456
00:25:09,298 --> 00:25:13,798
this cat was left alone on this porch
with her baby kittens that she was
457
00:25:13,798 --> 00:25:15,738
trying so hard to take care of with a.
458
00:25:16,173 --> 00:25:19,203
Basically a compound
fracture in her upper femur.
459
00:25:19,513 --> 00:25:22,153
Something that is very difficult to heal.
460
00:25:22,393 --> 00:25:26,143
And because she was left alone
with it for about a week and a half
461
00:25:26,193 --> 00:25:31,803
surgically repairing, it becomes
less and less likely to sustain.
462
00:25:32,283 --> 00:25:33,093
In the long run.
463
00:25:33,093 --> 00:25:36,933
And so obviously when you get a case
like that, then a leg amputation occurs.
464
00:25:37,273 --> 00:25:41,243
So we had her come in as just a
leg amputation and we actually
465
00:25:41,243 --> 00:25:42,263
still have her in the rescue.
466
00:25:42,263 --> 00:25:44,063
Her name is IHOP and she's amazing.
467
00:25:44,553 --> 00:25:47,463
And then the second cat that
we were contacted was actually
468
00:25:47,463 --> 00:25:50,923
a cat that they've been trying
to trap for about eight months.
469
00:25:51,253 --> 00:25:55,093
She had been roaming around a neighborhood
with a embedded collar that was around
470
00:25:55,093 --> 00:25:58,933
her neck and through her arm went over
it, so it was also underneath her.
471
00:25:58,953 --> 00:25:59,493
Armpit.
472
00:25:59,833 --> 00:26:05,383
And it caused such severe tissue damage
underneath her armpit area that we tried.
473
00:26:05,743 --> 00:26:08,543
It was about three months of us
trying to get her arm to heal, but.
474
00:26:09,188 --> 00:26:13,858
Just because of the position of, her
movements constant, everyday walking
475
00:26:14,278 --> 00:26:17,818
and where it was purely positional, we
ended up having to amputate her leg as
476
00:26:17,818 --> 00:26:22,088
well just because it was not healing
the way that we had wanted to heal.
477
00:26:22,278 --> 00:26:24,438
It just could not fully heal in itself.
478
00:26:24,778 --> 00:26:31,108
And so a lot of leg amputations, a lot
of eye nucleation, a lot of ch cases
479
00:26:31,108 --> 00:26:33,408
with cats, with cerebellar hyperplasia.
480
00:26:33,748 --> 00:26:38,208
We do get those a lot because I think
once people understand what they're
481
00:26:38,208 --> 00:26:40,828
dealing with when it comes down
to CH Cat, then they can then it's
482
00:26:40,828 --> 00:26:42,448
oh yeah, we can take care of them.
483
00:26:42,858 --> 00:26:49,278
But with you having these overrun
rural shelters who just cannot put
484
00:26:49,368 --> 00:26:53,518
all of their effort into a single
animal they become a case where
485
00:26:53,608 --> 00:26:55,073
that's not worth their time right now.
486
00:26:55,413 --> 00:26:57,358
And so they end up in our care as well.
487
00:26:57,688 --> 00:27:01,768
Especially when they have a lot
more case like, severities than
488
00:27:01,768 --> 00:27:05,608
some other cases that you'll
see with ch And we'll get those.
489
00:27:05,608 --> 00:27:09,338
So we currently have two CH
cats in their rescue as well.
490
00:27:09,558 --> 00:27:13,278
We just had a ch puppy, which I
have never seen in my entire life.
491
00:27:13,558 --> 00:27:15,988
And she did get adopted
and she was really fun.
492
00:27:16,018 --> 00:27:18,633
'cause I've never seen a dog
with a neurological problem.
493
00:27:18,973 --> 00:27:19,933
Some of the more.
494
00:27:20,553 --> 00:27:24,603
Weirder cases that we've had that
once again, that most people would
495
00:27:24,603 --> 00:27:27,473
just, wouldn't even think , oh,
that's a thing that can happen.
496
00:27:27,693 --> 00:27:28,743
Are liver shunts.
497
00:27:29,083 --> 00:27:34,033
We've had a lot of cases where we've
received cats with liver shunts
498
00:27:34,033 --> 00:27:36,013
because they couldn't understand
what was wrong with this animal.
499
00:27:36,013 --> 00:27:37,273
It just was off.
500
00:27:37,463 --> 00:27:40,403
They had seizures and they
couldn't really pinpoint it.
501
00:27:41,148 --> 00:27:41,538
With them.
502
00:27:41,598 --> 00:27:44,148
Once again, having limited funds
is just we can't afford these
503
00:27:44,198 --> 00:27:48,218
diagnostics and so we get them in
our care and we've had a lot of cases
504
00:27:48,218 --> 00:27:51,758
of liver shun and with that we have
a a soft tissue surgeon over in St.
505
00:27:51,758 --> 00:27:52,208
Tammany.
506
00:27:52,568 --> 00:27:56,198
And she's repaired all of them,
which has been incredible 'cause
507
00:27:56,198 --> 00:27:58,568
it is a very invasive procedure.
508
00:27:58,868 --> 00:28:01,148
And she's saved every single one of them.
509
00:28:01,608 --> 00:28:06,338
We've had, cases where it gets
a little bit more obscure.
510
00:28:06,668 --> 00:28:11,528
So we had a case with a kitten,
with with an intestinal stricture.
511
00:28:12,048 --> 00:28:13,908
And the stricture basically was
512
00:28:13,958 --> 00:28:17,348
her body creating a foreign
body and within herself.
513
00:28:17,768 --> 00:28:21,578
And we actually had to
dilate her colon every week.
514
00:28:21,578 --> 00:28:25,868
We had to bring her in for her colon
to be dilated to the same soft tissue
515
00:28:25,868 --> 00:28:27,788
surgeon that did the liver shunts.
516
00:28:28,088 --> 00:28:30,478
And and once again, that cat was fine.
517
00:28:30,478 --> 00:28:31,048
We get a lot.
518
00:28:31,098 --> 00:28:32,988
It's very weird cases sometimes.
519
00:28:33,088 --> 00:28:37,138
And so we had one that actually came
straight from Alyssa and this one was.
520
00:28:37,178 --> 00:28:41,858
This one's not a success story, but it
is one of the cases that I've never seen.
521
00:28:42,098 --> 00:28:44,768
I've read about it and I've
never seen one in real life.
522
00:28:45,198 --> 00:28:49,188
And that is one where she had actually
had a puppy come into her care
523
00:28:49,638 --> 00:28:51,678
and she messaged me freaking out.
524
00:28:51,738 --> 00:28:52,728
Of course, because.
525
00:28:52,973 --> 00:28:53,663
What do you do?
526
00:28:53,883 --> 00:28:58,473
But this puppy was actually born without
an anus, which sounds really weird.
527
00:28:58,813 --> 00:29:02,653
But there was no way for an
output of stool to come out.
528
00:29:03,043 --> 00:29:07,753
And so it was basically using the puppies
like vulva in order to push that out.
529
00:29:07,783 --> 00:29:09,543
And so that was a really.
530
00:29:10,818 --> 00:29:14,588
Really weird case that we went
with the soft tissue surgeon and
531
00:29:14,588 --> 00:29:16,988
she went under a couple surgeries.
532
00:29:17,048 --> 00:29:21,728
Unfortunately for her, none of them
were successful and we did end up
533
00:29:21,728 --> 00:29:23,738
having to humanely euthanize this puppy.
534
00:29:24,108 --> 00:29:26,298
But yeah, those are a lot
of the cases that we see.
535
00:29:26,298 --> 00:29:29,688
We either see something that's super
common, like high nucleation and leg
536
00:29:29,688 --> 00:29:33,708
amputations, or it's so obscure that
you're like, this doesn't actually happen.
537
00:29:33,708 --> 00:29:35,748
And then you get a case and
you're like, oh, it does happen.
538
00:29:35,798 --> 00:29:40,148
And we also find cases of obviously
with our dogs and you're pulling them
539
00:29:40,148 --> 00:29:42,998
from rural areas is embedded collars.
540
00:29:43,278 --> 00:29:50,118
We've had three cases just last year of
dogs with little dogs or puppies with 12
541
00:29:50,118 --> 00:29:51,828
pound chains wrapped around their neck.
542
00:29:52,068 --> 00:29:52,158
Dixie: Wow.
543
00:29:52,218 --> 00:29:55,878
Hannah: And of course with it weighing
them down and them being so weak
544
00:29:56,028 --> 00:29:57,818
'cause they're little it just starts.
545
00:29:58,268 --> 00:30:02,378
Just precedent and precedent and their
body trying to recover the damage.
546
00:30:02,378 --> 00:30:04,838
And it obviously ends up
growing over the chain.
547
00:30:05,208 --> 00:30:08,658
And so we've had a lot of cases
where we've had to remove chains.
548
00:30:08,968 --> 00:30:12,598
One of the most, I say
aggressive, one that we've seen
549
00:30:12,598 --> 00:30:14,098
was a little dog named Destiny.
550
00:30:14,128 --> 00:30:17,648
She went through the absolute
ringer through everything.
551
00:30:18,058 --> 00:30:21,148
And incredible dog, the
sweetest little baby.
552
00:30:21,148 --> 00:30:25,198
But her chain was so embedded into
her neck that she actually had
553
00:30:25,198 --> 00:30:27,278
to have basically a tracheotomy.
554
00:30:27,518 --> 00:30:27,983
'cause it was.
555
00:30:28,998 --> 00:30:30,798
Into her trachea at that point.
556
00:30:31,198 --> 00:30:35,638
And so she had to undergo a lot
of surgeries and within her neck
557
00:30:35,638 --> 00:30:39,468
and her throat it caused some
cervical damage to her neck as well.
558
00:30:39,778 --> 00:30:43,768
And that's very limited on what
we can do even with our surgeons
559
00:30:43,768 --> 00:30:47,898
that we, that have graciously
helped us throughout all of this.
560
00:30:48,228 --> 00:30:49,743
And yeah, we, we will.
561
00:30:50,393 --> 00:30:54,023
There's a lot of the cases that I've
seen within their, within our rescue over
562
00:30:54,023 --> 00:30:55,973
the last, I would say like year or so.
563
00:30:57,123 --> 00:31:01,743
Dixie: The cases that you're mentioning,
they are truly animals in need.
564
00:31:01,803 --> 00:31:02,523
Definitely.
565
00:31:02,763 --> 00:31:07,058
There's been a New trend with
people just like all of a sudden,
566
00:31:07,118 --> 00:31:10,028
oh, okay, I gotta get rid of my
10-year-old cat, my 11-year-old cat.
567
00:31:10,298 --> 00:31:13,568
And I know like sometimes there's
situations that do come up, if somebody's
568
00:31:13,568 --> 00:31:15,428
going as hospice or something like that.
569
00:31:15,818 --> 00:31:18,788
And I'm not talking about those
cases, but I'm just talking about
570
00:31:18,788 --> 00:31:19,748
Like I'm moving tomorrow.
571
00:31:19,748 --> 00:31:21,488
I need to get rid of my 10-year-old cat.
572
00:31:21,893 --> 00:31:26,023
So do you ever see any kind of those, or
do people contact you about those as well?
573
00:31:27,163 --> 00:31:28,273
Hannah: Every single day.
574
00:31:29,053 --> 00:31:33,583
Every single day someone
contacts us about an animal that.
575
00:31:34,468 --> 00:31:35,608
We don't want this animal anymore.
576
00:31:35,608 --> 00:31:40,528
We've had them for 12 years and now we
can't provide them a nice, rest of their
577
00:31:40,528 --> 00:31:42,328
life with our, with us in our home.
578
00:31:42,508 --> 00:31:44,758
We have to completely uproot
them and change their whole life.
579
00:31:45,148 --> 00:31:46,918
Which is, those are the most frustrating.
580
00:31:47,018 --> 00:31:51,968
They actually make me so incredibly
angry because I can't imagine, and
581
00:31:51,968 --> 00:31:56,258
of course when it comes down to
certain circumstances of, this person
582
00:31:56,258 --> 00:31:59,198
has a medical ailment, they can no
longer physically care for this pet.
583
00:31:59,468 --> 00:32:00,758
We were always open to them.
584
00:32:01,178 --> 00:32:04,898
When it comes down to people who quite
literally have done nothing for this
585
00:32:04,898 --> 00:32:10,998
animal and have not gone the bounds
to find an actual home, that instead
586
00:32:10,998 --> 00:32:14,568
of just going straight to a shelter or
straight to a rescue those are the ones
587
00:32:14,568 --> 00:32:16,818
that we put them on more of a wait list.
588
00:32:16,818 --> 00:32:20,238
We ask them to foster, we ask
them to send us pictures we'll up.
589
00:32:20,298 --> 00:32:23,148
We are more than happy to update
their medical care at the time.
590
00:32:23,518 --> 00:32:27,118
But physically intaking them is
never truly an option just because
591
00:32:27,118 --> 00:32:28,228
you don't want your pet anymore.
592
00:32:28,718 --> 00:32:34,758
And so it hurts us knowing that we have
to allot our time space to, animals.
593
00:32:34,828 --> 00:32:37,438
, I'm not gonna say more in need
because there's no other animals
594
00:32:37,438 --> 00:32:40,288
that are gonna be like, oh, this
animal's worth more than that animal.
595
00:32:40,318 --> 00:32:43,828
But animals that like truly need us
in this moment, in this timeframe,
596
00:32:43,828 --> 00:32:45,418
and we need to have space for them.
597
00:32:45,688 --> 00:32:46,138
But that's why.
598
00:32:46,538 --> 00:32:48,518
Always give them resources.
599
00:32:48,828 --> 00:32:53,968
One of the things that we always
allot within our finances within
600
00:32:53,968 --> 00:32:56,098
our budgeting is community care.
601
00:32:56,438 --> 00:32:59,858
People that are willing to
accept what we give them.
602
00:33:00,128 --> 00:33:03,893
So if somebody has, an 8-year-old dog
that they can no longer take care.
603
00:33:04,408 --> 00:33:05,728
We can't always take in dogs.
604
00:33:06,038 --> 00:33:09,668
But the dog has never seen a vet,
has never been spayed, has never
605
00:33:09,668 --> 00:33:11,528
been vaccinated, all this stuff.
606
00:33:11,528 --> 00:33:14,738
And they're gonna try to find
this animal home independently.
607
00:33:15,018 --> 00:33:16,638
We always tell them, bring them to us.
608
00:33:16,668 --> 00:33:20,718
We'll fully vet them and we'll post
them on our adoption sites where
609
00:33:20,718 --> 00:33:22,008
we cannot physically intake them.
610
00:33:22,338 --> 00:33:24,768
So that's usually what we do with.
611
00:33:25,138 --> 00:33:28,708
Those type of public cases
where if they're able to at
612
00:33:28,708 --> 00:33:29,878
least find a home for them.
613
00:33:29,878 --> 00:33:33,128
I've had some cases where they're
like, we have a home for this, pet.
614
00:33:33,408 --> 00:33:36,018
But we can't afford to spay them.
615
00:33:36,468 --> 00:33:36,918
Great.
616
00:33:37,008 --> 00:33:37,638
Bring them to me.
617
00:33:37,758 --> 00:33:40,818
I'll have them spayed for you and
they'll be microchipped and vaccinated.
618
00:33:41,098 --> 00:33:44,038
And if you wanna a heartworm test,
if you want a combo test, we can
619
00:33:44,038 --> 00:33:46,318
do all of that for you before
they go into their new home.
620
00:33:46,353 --> 00:33:46,573
But.
621
00:33:47,283 --> 00:33:52,003
We try to reward the people who do
take the extra steps to find a safe
622
00:33:52,003 --> 00:33:56,623
place for their pet without it having
to go to a shelter or a rescue.
623
00:33:56,923 --> 00:33:59,503
And not everyone can do
that within their means.
624
00:33:59,863 --> 00:34:03,103
And another thing that we do is that
we'll provide food if they need the food.
625
00:34:03,223 --> 00:34:07,063
If it comes down to I can no longer afford
my pet, I'll help you afford your pet.
626
00:34:07,393 --> 00:34:10,072
If that means it keeps them
out of a shelter or, it
627
00:34:10,072 --> 00:34:11,183
keeps them out of the system.
628
00:34:11,483 --> 00:34:15,683
And so we do have a few people that will
message us every month, and it's the same
629
00:34:15,683 --> 00:34:19,463
group of people and we will have food sent
to them, or we will tell them, oh, food
630
00:34:19,463 --> 00:34:21,172
just came in, or food was just donated.
631
00:34:21,172 --> 00:34:21,833
You can come pick it up.
632
00:34:22,342 --> 00:34:24,233
And we do that a lot as well.
633
00:34:24,543 --> 00:34:28,513
And once again, if you show the effort
that you are trying everything in your.
634
00:34:28,878 --> 00:34:33,378
Possibly within your parameter of what you
can do, we will help you no matter what.
635
00:34:33,757 --> 00:34:38,018
And that is one of the ways that
has come to limited our burnout
636
00:34:38,078 --> 00:34:41,588
when it comes down to owner
surrenders, is finding those people.
637
00:34:41,588 --> 00:34:43,868
'cause if you're not willing to
take up somebody who's offering
638
00:34:43,868 --> 00:34:46,658
you medical care and food, then you
actually don't care about the pet.
639
00:34:46,898 --> 00:34:47,918
It was never about.
640
00:34:48,257 --> 00:34:49,878
Oh, I just can't take
care of them anymore.
641
00:34:49,878 --> 00:34:50,808
It was never about that.
642
00:34:51,178 --> 00:34:54,148
And that's one of the things that,
like I said, we do see those every day.
643
00:34:54,388 --> 00:34:57,027
We do get a lot of cases,
and I'm a, once again, I'm a
644
00:34:57,027 --> 00:34:58,718
sucker for a little old animal.
645
00:34:58,988 --> 00:35:03,518
And when people reach out to us and
like my mom, I'm a grandmother is going
646
00:35:03,518 --> 00:35:07,338
into a nursing home and they can't keep
their pet and no one in the family can
647
00:35:07,338 --> 00:35:11,358
take in this pet, that's when I'm like,
I'll go ahead and I'll take that because
648
00:35:11,398 --> 00:35:13,798
those aren't circumstances that
you endure every single day.
649
00:35:13,798 --> 00:35:16,198
That's not something that somebody
can be necessarily prepared for.
650
00:35:16,198 --> 00:35:19,478
Like obviously we all know
it's coming to some extent, but
651
00:35:19,478 --> 00:35:23,198
sometimes when somebody ends up in
the hospital it's pretty drastic.
652
00:35:23,198 --> 00:35:24,218
It's like right then and there.
653
00:35:24,588 --> 00:35:26,838
And so we will always
take in those pets that.
654
00:35:27,138 --> 00:35:30,048
That their owners physically can
no longer take care of them, but
655
00:35:30,048 --> 00:35:31,578
they love them, to the very end.
656
00:35:31,978 --> 00:35:36,238
We had one this past, like probably
about three months ago, and it
657
00:35:36,268 --> 00:35:39,778
absolutely was one of the funniest
stories that we've ever received.
658
00:35:40,288 --> 00:35:45,058
But, an older woman as sweet as can
be when she got put in her nursing
659
00:35:45,058 --> 00:35:46,768
home, snuck her little puppy in.
660
00:35:47,108 --> 00:35:51,818
She snuck in a 2-year-old little
Yorkie dog and it was not a facility
661
00:35:51,818 --> 00:35:53,138
where you could hold animals.
662
00:35:53,498 --> 00:35:58,318
And so she snuck her in and, one of the
workers ended up conducting us within a
663
00:35:58,318 --> 00:36:03,588
month of her entering into their care,
and they were helping hide the puppy.
664
00:36:03,588 --> 00:36:05,088
They were calling her
contraband for a little bit.
665
00:36:05,598 --> 00:36:08,448
But of course, once one of the
directors found out, they were like.
666
00:36:08,778 --> 00:36:11,438
Either the woman who lives
here and we take care of has
667
00:36:11,438 --> 00:36:12,968
to go, or the puppy has to go.
668
00:36:13,328 --> 00:36:16,418
And so of course they didn't wanna
reach out to their shelter because it
669
00:36:16,418 --> 00:36:19,598
would've been like a whole case and
they wanted to keep it under wraps.
670
00:36:19,598 --> 00:36:21,158
And I was like, that's fine.
671
00:36:21,158 --> 00:36:23,858
They sent me one email and I was like,
that's the funniest thing ever heard.
672
00:36:24,128 --> 00:36:25,418
Please bring it to me right now.
673
00:36:25,538 --> 00:36:26,498
And and they did.
674
00:36:26,498 --> 00:36:27,968
And she was the sweetest little puppy.
675
00:36:28,298 --> 00:36:32,758
And we always joke that she was,
contraband for just a little old lady who
676
00:36:32,758 --> 00:36:36,828
was just trying to find, like some solace
in knowing that she had her pet with her.
677
00:36:37,078 --> 00:36:40,438
She does stay in contact with us,
which I find to be the cutest thing.
678
00:36:40,718 --> 00:36:43,448
And she's in direct contact with
the people who adopted that dog.
679
00:36:43,758 --> 00:36:45,768
That was one of my
favorite cases last year.
680
00:36:46,108 --> 00:36:50,278
And like they, we all have a little group
chat and we get to update each other
681
00:36:50,278 --> 00:36:52,733
with everything and it's quite adorable.
682
00:36:53,393 --> 00:36:58,148
And from what I understand, the
new adopters for that puppy.
683
00:36:58,768 --> 00:37:02,188
Are able to actually visit with the dog
'cause they do live in the same area.
684
00:37:02,548 --> 00:37:04,888
And so the the little old
lady has actually seen her
685
00:37:04,888 --> 00:37:06,088
dog since it's been adopted.
686
00:37:06,568 --> 00:37:11,548
So sometimes you find like really amazing
adopters who will, love a story, love
687
00:37:11,638 --> 00:37:15,608
anything like that, and will do anything
to help keep that connection with an owner
688
00:37:15,608 --> 00:37:17,918
who also love their animal at the time.
689
00:37:18,368 --> 00:37:20,258
And so that's been really incredible.
690
00:37:20,648 --> 00:37:25,628
Yeah, so we do see a lot of those owners
surrender cases and whenever we can't help
691
00:37:26,318 --> 00:37:30,548
physically intake, we will always help in
some other type of way, whether it just be
692
00:37:30,548 --> 00:37:34,008
resources of, food or just medical care.
693
00:37:34,788 --> 00:37:36,228
Dixie: Yeah, that's an amazing story.
694
00:37:36,228 --> 00:37:39,368
And I can't believe they were able
to hide that puppy for a month
695
00:37:40,638 --> 00:37:41,238
Hannah: Yes.
696
00:37:41,328 --> 00:37:42,858
It's the funniest thing ever.
697
00:37:42,858 --> 00:37:44,538
And I was like, and she was little.
698
00:37:44,538 --> 00:37:44,853
She was like.
699
00:37:45,273 --> 00:37:46,263
Five pounds.
700
00:37:46,263 --> 00:37:48,983
And I was like, I guess I
can see it, and she's quiet.
701
00:37:49,103 --> 00:37:52,463
The dog was very quiet and I was
like, I think this dog knew that
702
00:37:52,463 --> 00:37:54,203
she was not supposed to be there.
703
00:37:54,593 --> 00:37:58,558
Yeah that one, like the moment I
heard it on the phone, I was like,
704
00:37:58,558 --> 00:37:59,878
yeah, I will help out with that.
705
00:37:59,878 --> 00:38:01,738
That is the funniest
thing I've ever heard of.
706
00:38:01,738 --> 00:38:03,808
Mine's higher life, please bring to me.
707
00:38:04,178 --> 00:38:06,098
And that was great case.
708
00:38:06,098 --> 00:38:07,418
And it was right before Thanksgiving.
709
00:38:07,418 --> 00:38:10,218
It was a very fun little
thing to navigate around.
710
00:38:10,863 --> 00:38:11,193
Yeah.
711
00:38:11,553 --> 00:38:13,323
Dixie: Did she get adopted right away too?
712
00:38:14,493 --> 00:38:15,213
Hannah: She did.
713
00:38:15,273 --> 00:38:19,773
Being a little toy breed obviously
is a little bit more ideal, if you
714
00:38:19,773 --> 00:38:23,253
will, quote unquote when it comes
down to like people wanting an animal.
715
00:38:23,283 --> 00:38:26,073
But people also really love the story.
716
00:38:26,353 --> 00:38:27,253
'Cause of course we.
717
00:38:28,018 --> 00:38:31,528
Her little contraband story and her
bio, and we had a lot of people reach
718
00:38:31,528 --> 00:38:35,488
out and was like, I would love nothing
more to have a puppy that was smuggled.
719
00:38:35,488 --> 00:38:36,628
And I was like, absolutely.
720
00:38:36,628 --> 00:38:37,198
Here you go.
721
00:38:37,428 --> 00:38:40,368
Yeah, she got adopted pretty quickly
and the home that she went into, like I
722
00:38:40,368 --> 00:38:43,548
said, amazing, the fact that they stay
in communications with her previous
723
00:38:43,548 --> 00:38:48,018
owner who tried so hard to, keep her
basically without having to give her up
724
00:38:48,048 --> 00:38:52,398
is one of my, is also just like icing on
the cake of what we've managed to help.
725
00:38:53,073 --> 00:38:54,963
Both her and the course the animal.
726
00:38:55,773 --> 00:38:56,043
Dixie: Yeah.
727
00:38:56,043 --> 00:38:57,543
That is a wonderful story.
728
00:38:57,543 --> 00:38:58,353
That's really good.
729
00:38:58,473 --> 00:39:02,723
I was gonna say that you put that in
the adoption bio and that kind of almost
730
00:39:02,723 --> 00:39:06,838
had to seal the deal because it's a
great story Oh to go along with that.
731
00:39:06,888 --> 00:39:09,093
So when is your new
facility gonna open up?
732
00:39:10,943 --> 00:39:15,013
Hannah: We're hoping that the
adoption side our grand scheme of
733
00:39:15,013 --> 00:39:19,523
things is that by March 1st we'll
actually be open to the public.
734
00:39:19,953 --> 00:39:22,323
It will still be
appointment only, of course.
735
00:39:22,633 --> 00:39:26,713
But with everything going under
the works now with our contractors
736
00:39:26,823 --> 00:39:28,983
everything looks like it's gonna
be ready in the next couple weeks.
737
00:39:30,423 --> 00:39:31,143
Dixie: That's great.
738
00:39:31,193 --> 00:39:34,793
It was great speaking with you and
learning all about what you did.
739
00:39:34,843 --> 00:39:37,933
The story of how you got
started was really interesting.
740
00:39:38,603 --> 00:39:39,803
It's really amazing.
741
00:39:39,803 --> 00:39:39,893
Yes.
742
00:39:39,953 --> 00:39:41,843
And it's truly an inspiration.
743
00:39:41,843 --> 00:39:46,013
So I do hope it inspires other
young people to get started
744
00:39:46,073 --> 00:39:47,273
with doing this as well.
745
00:39:48,668 --> 00:39:49,538
Hannah: I hope so too.
746
00:39:49,538 --> 00:39:53,918
And once again, for any young people
who are interested in something like
747
00:39:53,918 --> 00:39:57,968
that, but don't think that they have the
means, just know that I did not at all.
748
00:39:58,328 --> 00:40:01,868
I was still a broke college student
who had no idea what she was doing.
749
00:40:02,268 --> 00:40:03,858
And now here we are.
750
00:40:04,503 --> 00:40:09,873
Actually having, a 5 0 1 C3 that
I'm in charge of and being quote
751
00:40:09,873 --> 00:40:13,213
unquote an adult with running it
and taking care of so many animals.
752
00:40:13,263 --> 00:40:17,433
Once again, I never thought that this is
where we would be the 10 years that I've
753
00:40:17,433 --> 00:40:20,463
been doing this, which is crazy to say
that I've been doing this for 10 years.
754
00:40:20,593 --> 00:40:21,913
Dixie: Thank you for coming on the show.
755
00:40:21,913 --> 00:40:22,723
I appreciate it.
756
00:40:23,713 --> 00:40:24,553
Hannah: Absolutely.
757
00:40:24,553 --> 00:40:27,943
Thank you so much for having me,
and thank you so much for wanting
758
00:40:27,943 --> 00:40:29,413
talk about forgotten felines rescue.
759
00:40:29,813 --> 00:40:31,283
Dixie: That's it for today's episode.
760
00:40:31,283 --> 00:40:35,183
I wanna thank everybody for
listening and supporting us.
761
00:40:35,273 --> 00:40:39,383
If you wanna take that an extra
step, consider becoming a member.
762
00:40:39,623 --> 00:40:43,823
We just added this to our
website, animalposse.com,
763
00:40:44,063 --> 00:40:46,133
scroll down, look for the support tab.
764
00:40:46,183 --> 00:40:52,513
Our membership program is going to
help us directly support animals
765
00:40:52,543 --> 00:40:59,743
in need, whether that be through
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