Katniss Everdean – Loved and Spoiled

11/5/14 – katnissw:newsweater 11:5:14Guess Who Got Some New Clothes Today from Aunti Di? If you guessed Katniss Everdeen, you are right. Last night was her first night out of the hospital and she spent it with Gina. I just love her and couldn’t wait to show off how beautiful she looks in her new sweater. I also want to thank Pet People in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI for their commitment to donate nutritional food for our goal and she recovers from her emaciation. BTW the sweater was purchased at Pet People. ~ diana

Katniss Everdean – The Face of Animal Cruelty

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11/5/14 – Katnissbathingll:15:14Good Morning Friends – Many of our friends have asked whether we have contacted the authorities about Katniss or if anyone is investigating her abuse. I thought that I would share my own personal response to those questions in hopes that those of you who have been moved by Katniss’ story will become inspired to act. And because my opinion is harsh, I have included a photo of Katniss’ first bath. ~ diana

“The answer to those questions is ‘no’. The reasons are many and none of them are really good but unfortunately it is reality. Animals are considered property and although the State has some strong cruelty laws, enforcement is less than adequate. If you take incidents like Katniss where she was found in a City where child shootings, robberies, and murders are ordinary activities of the day, the police and prosecutors have very little time to respond or investigate individual cases like this. Also, where would one start? The curb she was found at was in front of a vacant home in a neighborhood where most homes were either vacant or gone. Having said that, enforcement of animal cruelty laws in most communities is pretty much non-existent. Dog fighting rings are in every community and for some reason, you rarely hear anything about raids or shutting them down. There are puppy mills who blatantly operate in the open with females producing litter after litter stuffed in cages for their entire reproducing life and then dumped on the streets or left to die and yet very little is done to shut them down. An alleged rescue was found with over 100 dead cats and others in various stages of death and yet she is not in jail nor has she even been prosecuted and she is allegedly back to rescuing. And, to me, even more heinous is the fact that law enforcement continues to turn their backs to pest control companies who are trapping cats and killing them, even though it is against the law. And, even worse, to me are those cities like Sterling Heights, Eastpointe, Roseville, and many others, who are ‘legally’ killing stray cats by taking them to kill shelters or places like the Animal Care Hospital of Sterling Heights where the cities pay to have the cats killed. Sorry to get on my soap box but how can anyone take our cruelty laws seriously when all of this is going on. People who care really do need to get involved, get educated, and start truly being the ‘voice of the voiceless’.” ~ diana

On The Road to Recovery – Katniss Everdean


11/5/14 – katniss11:5:14Today was a huge day for Katniss Everdeen. Internal organs were finally starting to move like they should, and I never thought I would be so excited to see poop! She had more life in her today than I’ve seen all week and we discovered she has a voice!! Oh and she got her first bath today!!:) More to come later on our strong surviver. ♡♡♡ ~ Gina