Rescue Stories : This Bulldog Says You Best Not Be Messing With His Rescue Kitten Family

The Huffington Post  | by  Megan Griffo

Posted: 02/12/2014 3:22 pm EST

Meet Hammie, a 1-year-old bulldog who lives in Lincoln, Neb. He's here to tell you that he loves kittens, and there's nothin' you can do about it.

Last October, Hammie's owner, Michelle Parden, took in a pregnant stray cat named Mommy. Parden, 34, had seen Mommy on Facebook after her friend, Gayla Hausman, posted a picture of the orange cat online. Hausman is the director at Voice for Companion Animals, a nonprofit that provides resources like pet food for low income individuals, Parden told The Huffington Post.
Parden happily took Mommy in, and on Halloween, the cat gave birth to six kittens -- Pumpkin, Goblin, Frankenstein, Batman, Zombie and Elvira. Because Mommy was so skinny and had eye and respiratory infections, some of the births had complications. But Parden told HuffPost all six kittens and Mommy are now healthy.



Parden has since found adoptive families for all of the kittens and Mommy. Hammie misses his old friends, but the cats' owners keep in touch with Parden.
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Kittens that brought New York subway lines to a standstill rescued

Two kittens that shut down a New York City subway line for more than an hour have been found and rescued from the tracks.

A kitten stands between the rails on subway tracks in the Brooklyn borough of New York Photo: AP

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5:01AM BST 30 Aug 2013

Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Julie Glave says the kittens were discovered Thursday evening under the third rail of an express track in Brooklyn.

Glave says MTA workers and police officers removed the kittens from the subway tunnel in crates.


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Rescue Stories : Machiko

Machiko

I was driving the main road through town to meet a friend for dinner on a warm summer evening when I noticed what I thought was a large rock on the white line of the road in the opposite lane. I quickly realized that it was not a rock, but a kitten sitting right on the edge of the road. I looked at oncoming traffic and saw two tanker trucks coming in the opposite lane where the kitten was. My heart sank and I pulled over to at least take the little body off of the road and bury it. I carry gloves in my car just in case I may need them to help animals. The trucks sped by and to my amazement the kitten was still alive and had stepped back to the guardrails. I did a U turn and parked my car several yards away so as not to scare him/her away. As I approached, the kitten attempted to run into the brush so I took a dive over the guard rails and caught it! He was only about 6 - 8 weeks old and his little eyes were matted tightly shut. I put him in my car and proceeded to remove the matting from his eyes not knowing what I would find underneath. His eyes were bright and sparkly and he began to explore the car. I called my friend and said I would be late for dinner then took the kitten home and called my vet. He spent the night quarantined in a crate and after a good report form the vet, became a member of the family with three other cats and a dog. I returned the next day to search for siblings, but found none. His name is Machiko, Japanese for "fortunate one". I call him Mac and feel I am the fortunate one to be blessed with his love and presence in my life.

Frankie
Warren, PA