BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 27 Feb 19 - 05:25 PM

A look at the instagram account established by
San Francisco Fire Station 49 on behalf of
"edna fire cat",
shows that they have, lately anyhow,
complied with the cease-and-desist order
which forbids them not to discuss the person within the department
who submitted the anonymous complaint to Human Resources.

What the instagram account does talk about,
is the station staff's ongoing work with
the San Francisco SPCA to have
Edna the Cat certified as a therapy animal.
The latest photographs posted at the instagram account
come from the SPCA evaluation of Edna the cat's
fitness to work as a therapy animal;
the remarks state that Edna did a great job at the eval.

This evening, Pacific time,
the San Francisco Fire Commission
will meet, and one of the topics proposed for the meeting
is a proposal concerning therapy animals at fire stations,
and a direct report on the Station 49 situation.

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: Mossback
Date: 27 Feb 19 - 06:48 PM

Just what the world neds - another bogus "therapy animal" to dodge the rules. Kinda like that miniature horse on a bus a while back.

This whole episode is evolving from just plain silly to out-and-out farce.

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 28 Feb 19 - 10:52 AM

Last night's meeting of the
San Francisco Fire Commission was open to the public,
and the local press reported on the members of the public in attendance,
including Michelle Estrada.

Former Station 49 EMT staffer Irene Ybarra,
relocated to Oregon, has been previously interviewed
by local online website SF Gate,
concerning the conditions at the station with the cat on the premises.

Michelle Estrada, described much the same way as Ybarra
as a former Station 49 EMT staffperson,
came forward at the commission meeting,
and also spoke to the press.
She recalled how the feral kitten was taken in at Station 49
and said it was important for the Commission to be told how it happened.

Nothing was reported in the feature article concerning:
the anonymous complainant who started the process;
any current staff members of Station 49.

The emphasis now seems to be less on the pet cat
and more on the Fire Department's Human Relations office
and how they have ordered the staff to be silent.

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: Mossback
Date: 28 Feb 19 - 11:31 AM

And now its gone way BEYOND farce.

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 28 Feb 19 - 05:05 PM

Don't be so miserable, Mossback. It's a bit of light relief amidst the doom and gloom of Trump in the US and brexit in the UK. It's the human interest story at the end of the news.

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: beardedbruce
Date: 01 Mar 19 - 05:58 PM

http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/pets/20-ways-cats-improve-your-quality-of-life/ss-BBLiQrp?ocid=ientp#image=1

Afraid this is from MSN- ANY attempt to argue with it means you are a racist, far Right, anti-science bigot.

Case closed.

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 08 Mar 19 - 02:24 PM

Meanwhile, back at the , erm, Station 49 for ambulances for
the San Francisco Fire Department:

we have pictures to prove that the SFFD took action
on behalf of the Station 49 premises, based on
the anonymous complaint about a cat on the premises.
Using taxpayers' money, one supposes.

disinfecting the floor of Station 49 in San Francisco

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 10 Mar 19 - 03:04 PM

If the New York Fire Department Station 57
was told to get rid of Killer,
I reckon there would be an awful fuss.

feed me. Feed Me. FEED ME.

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 14 Mar 19 - 12:28 PM

From New York Fire Department's Station 57,
a blow to world-wide followers of fire station cats.

a killer diagnosis

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: robomatic
Date: 14 Mar 19 - 01:27 PM

One of my acquaintances traveled with some large number of cats in his Subaru. He was not homeless, but his home was in the boonies in a cabin in winter. So he is typing away on his computer at an internet cafe (Okay, a Starbucks) and someone in the parking lot sees all the kitties in the car and notifies Animal Control and they come and appropriate the cats and set a date to turn them into late cats (though they are not feral). So folks like me call in that he is a known quantity not a cruel person far from it, and he gets the cats back only after they have all been limited from having even more kitties and a sizable bill. Ah, civilization.

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: kendall
Date: 15 Mar 19 - 11:59 AM

We have a rescue cat named Sam, orange and white. He's not a dog, but he's still ok.

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 23 Mar 19 - 01:10 PM

It's puzzling, how things turn out.

At Station 57 of the New York Fire Department
(Bedford-Stuyvesant),
the mascot cat is welcomed by one and all.

At Station 49 of the San Francisco Fire Department,
the adopted stray cat was reported
in a complaint to the Human Resources department by a staff member.

In San Francisco,
the cat was taken to a private home
in order to comply with the Fire Department orders,
where the cat is happy and healthy,
while many of the station staff miss her.

In New York, where the cat needed a visit to the vet,
the vet found a malignant tumor (mast cells) on the cat's spleen.
The cat was removed from the fire station
and is being housed at a private home
while being medicated and prepared
for the surgery to remove the spleen.
The station staff miss their cat, and are following the cat's progress
on social media (Instagram);
what is more, a social-media fund-raising campaign was set up
to pay the New York cat's vet bills,
and the contributions have risen well above the amount asked for.

Now both cats have Instagram accounts
where social-media participants worldwide are posting comments
and wishing them well.
And both stations miss their mascots.

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 25 Mar 19 - 07:12 PM

Officially, The Fire Department of New York City
does not know what a rescue cat is.

Unofficially, however ...

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 28 Mar 19 - 03:23 PM

Killer, the mascot at NYFD Station 57,
had her surgery to remove her spleen (and its tumor).
She is said to be "annoyed" but eating well.

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 29 Mar 19 - 12:49 PM

The Station 57 cat-mascot Instagram account is of course
maintained by one of the first responders at the station,
on a friendly basis with the rest of the humans, as well as the cat.

The social-media followers who leave comments on the Instagram account
sometimes start little comment exchanges,
with responses from the station staffer.

Thus, the story unfolds of Killer the cat's favorite human.
And it is SO like a cat.

The staffperson who maintains the Instagram account is the one
who took the cat to and from the vet hospital
to have the spleen removed,
who gives the medications and cleans up the cat's messes,
keeps the cat fed and comfortable and safe
in the person's own domicile.
For which, the thanks that this person gets is
an awful lot of scratches.

Said staffperson made a social-media hashtag with the remark,
"If only [the cat] would look at me
like she looks at [name]...."

This caregiver is one of a number of Station 57 caregivers who of course
answer the cat's every call for attention,
or even attempt to anticipate them,
taking time and trouble to approach the cat to do caregiving.

So what did the cat do?
Killer the cat took notice of all the humans in the station,
and paid attention to the ones who didn't come at her
or initiate an interaction.
Amongst these, the cat chose one staffperson
who walked straight past the cat as if the cat weren't even there.

The cat made this person her project.
She thinks of this person as her conquest, her territory,
that she went after and claimed herself.
So, today, not only is the person besotted with the cat,
but the cat favors this person over all the other humans.
This is the only human who never ever gets clawed or scratched,
who can pick the cat up and hold the cat
in ways that would fail spectacularly for other co-workers
if they attempted to do it.

Not hard to find out who this is, because
the Instagram photo submissions
are loaded with shots of the cat with this particular firefighter.
Ah, cats ...

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 29 Mar 19 - 01:09 PM

And in another station in another part of New York City,
one fire station mascot
lasted five years, until its death.

RIP Firecat "Boogie"

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 09 Apr 19 - 06:03 PM

New York FD Station 57 mourns the death of "Killer."
The female stray cat succumbed to cancer this month.
The cat's tumorous spleen was removed; but
the cancer had already spread to the liver.
Once Killer the cat left the station in order to get
veterinary treatment,
and post-surgery care in a first-responder's home,
the cat never returned to the station.

Rest In Peace, Killer

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 12 Apr 19 - 11:51 AM

And in Whangaparaoa, New Zealand,
there is an official cat
at the police station.

Snickers at Whangaparaoa Community Patrol

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 14 Apr 19 - 01:46 PM

Meanwhile, back in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn,
the fire station is making encouraging gestures
to a pair of feral cats
which is kind of circling warily about the premises.

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: Donuel
Date: 19 Apr 19 - 02:26 PM

My vet is a defender of cats and being time for rabies vaccine booster she told me each of our cats should have their own sand box. I heartily agreed and said in fact I do have one for each. She went on to say each cat should have their own food bowl. I told her I disagreed. You see my kitties are Muslim cats and eat from the same platter with their mouths and left paw.

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 20 Apr 19 - 09:49 PM

Neighboring fire stations in the New York Fire Department
know about each other ... and their special "feed me" companions.
The fellow in this photograph came to visit the rescue cat
from his station where the "feed me"s are ... wait for it ... turtles.

Station 35 Lieutenant visits Killer

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: keberoxu
Date: 20 Apr 19 - 09:56 PM

Greater love hath no fire station chief and crew,
than they go out and rescue the station cat
when he doesn't show up on time for his dinner.

November 2018 - extract cat from storm drain

Subject: RE: BS: Defenders Of The Cat[s]
From: Donuel
Date: 21 Apr 19 - 11:22 AM

cat causes anomoly in spaceX rocket engine

It was good it was only a test but the smoke could be seen for miles.