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Burlington Reports
Paws and Claws Society, Inc., Thorofare, NJ
www.pacsnj.org
Issue 25, September 2019
Page 4

Partners in Prevention Not Destruction since 1993

Burlington The Cat (Continued)

(Continued from page 2) could climb, leading up to retirement center.”
shelves and cubby-hole boxes
as Breezy, who also happens to built onto the walls, so they “Two jobs.” Jersey corrected
me, sitting up straight with a
be my long-time girlfriend) from could relax and observe not only look of pride on her face. “I’m a
a rescue group that does TNR. everything that’s going on in Reading Companion in the
That stands for Trap-Neuter- their room, but also in the café.” library and a Fitness and Safety
Release or Trap-Neuter-Return.
They catch stray and feral cats Dad and Matthew and Mallory all Assistant in the gym.”
agreed that sounded like a great
by placing yummy food inside a environment for introducing the I nodded. “That’s right. And
cage with a trap-door. Then cats to their potential future that’s a pretty full schedule.”
they take the cats to be spayed people. She agreed, but I heard her say
or neutered and either find softly, “Maybe I could work part-
forever homes for them or, if “People would have the option time at the Grill & Pup.”
they are too feral to be able to of sitting in the café and
live with humans, return them to watching the cats through the Mom worked out the details in
the area where they were found. glass wall, or taking their books the following weeks and then
into the began construction, and in what
Mom said, “Helen is working cat room seemed like no time at all, the
with someone else in the group to read Cat-Fe was open for business!
who wants to open a little while
burger and sandwich shop curling Breezy and I work there a few
where people could meet the up with a days a week, greeting
dogs that are available for cat or customers and preparing them
adoption They want to name it two.” to meet the cats who need
the ‘Downtown Grill and Pup’.” homes. Mom is sure to let the
Mallory said, “Or they could play customers know that Breezy
“Cute.” Dad chuckled.
with the cats and not read at (aka Patches) and I are not up
Mom went on to describe her all!” for adoption, but that we will
vision. “Imagine, instead of just Mom nodded and smiled. “I’ll happily introduce them to those
tables and booths like most see if Burlington would like to who are.
cafes, there would be some spend some time at the café,” Mom and Mallory created a
tables in the café area, and then she said. program to correct some
the far wall of the café would be common misconceptions and
made entirely of glass. Through I couldn’t help the purr that myths about cats, which can be
that wall of glass, you’d be able began to rumble inside me. I do especially important for people
to see the area where the cats like helping Mom at work, and I who have never had a cat
would be, with cozy little alcoves enjoy meeting her customers. before!
with benches or oversized soft Jersey piped up again. “What
chairs. Maybe a window seat or about me? Can I work there, After reading about studies that
two. Lots of fluffy pillows and too?” were performed to determine
super-soft lap blankets. And the most common reasons
sisal-covered poles that the cats Of course, the family only heard people gave for choosing not to
something like ,“Bark- adopt a cat, Mom realized how
arf-yip”, but I answered important it was to provide
Jersey on Mom’s some myth-busting education.
behalf: “Remember, “Do you know how many people
you already have your
job working at the (Continued on page 6)