Miss Pickles
Miss
Pickles is a true miracle kitty. She came into my life quite
unexpectedly, but looking back at the series of events, I believe
her destiny was foretold in the stars.
I
was volunteering with a local humane group at the time. We had
spent the previous week scrambling to fill out paper work and be
approved to particiapte in the North Shore Animal League's
National Adopt-a-thon, which was being held at our local
PETsMART. Up until the very last minute we didn't know if we
would be able to participate, so that was the first piece of luck
for Miss Pickles. Actually that's not true, the first piece of
luck was when her rescuer heard her cries.
Miss
Pickles rescuer had gone to take some garbage to her trash can a
couple of nights before the Adopt-a-thon. When she lifted the
garbage can lid she heard some pitiful mewing. Inside her garbage
can was a red plastic bag that she had not put there. Inside this
bag was Miss Pickles, two weeks old, lying half unconscience
among the eviscerated remains of her 4 siblings. Her rescuer
immediately scooped Pickles up and phoned the local sheriff's
office to report this brutal crime. An officer was sent to
investigate and he removed the remains of the other kittens. When
her rescuer asked the officer what she should do with Miss
Pickles he replied, "I don't care, I hate cats anyway."
So her rescuer did the best she could for the next couple of days
keeping Pickles warm and fed, but she could not commit to long
term care.
Saturday
arrived and there we all were. Spit shined and ready to do some
serious adoptions on our first PETsMART day. All of our wonderful
kittens were playing in their show cages, our pups were frisking
around the store when in walks Miss Pickles' rescuer. She was
there to buy some more formula and see if any of the rescue
groups would be able to help. Our booth was located at the very
back of the store, because we were the last to sign up. There
were probably 6 or 8 other agencies there that day. Miss Pickles
rescuer walked right past them all making a beeline for me.
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