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Featured Feline -- Leiala
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We usually like to feature adult cats, however Leiala (Lay-a-la) is a special case. She is a very sweet and playful kitten with a severe handicap that may cause her to have her right front leg removed at some point in her life.
When she was a kitten, her front leg was crushed and mended crooked. By the time she was rescued, there was nothing that could be done. X-Rays show a very bad break on the inside bone, however the outside bone is still growing, which is causing the leg to deform. Our veterinarian feels that Leiala will need her leg amputated at 9-10 months of age.
We are looking for a extra special home for Leiala, with an understanding that when the time comes, this procedure will be taken care of. Folsom Feline Rescue will cover the expense of performing this procedure if done through our veterinarian.
Please contact us or stop by an adoption event if you are interested in meeting Leiala.
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Leiala, holding up her handicapped paw.
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(Continued from page 6)
life. I would die without cats." She will be taking 4 kitties to Davis - - Micki, Mr. Angel, Rocko, and Mama. They are all rescues and all extremely sweet. Each one has a story. The charming, friendly Ting who helped Lisa with her decision to become a Vet will be staying with Sharon as Sharon won't let her go!
One of Lisa's personal goals is to continue to travel. She has already traveled to Europe, Australia and Thailand. She backpacked all over Europe. She sees travel as not only fun, but important for one's education. She said, "I do see myself traveling the world and going somewhere and doing massive spay/neuter surgeries. And being involved with local rescue, as well." She's hoping that while at UC Davis, she will be given the opportunity to participate in spay/neuter projects in Mexico.
Keep your eye on Lisa. She's a woman who is going places!
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Message From the President
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There has been a lot of discussion on microchip technology with the early introduction of International Standards Organization (ISO) type chips by Banfield Animal Hospitals. The underlying issue is that the current scanners used by all US shelters, rescue groups, and veterinarians do not read the new chips. There has been some effort to get new scanners out to these agencies but the coverage is still limited. I still believe that microchipping your pet is the best and maybe the only way to provide pet recovery. However when purchasing your chip, make sure that it can be detected by current scanners. It will still be some time before ISO chips are accepted. We recently switched our chip provider to 24 Pet Watch. Our reason is that they provide a universal and free database registry that I always felt was needed with microchips. How nice would it be to just call one number for any chip found? That is the
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President, John Bennett, holding one of his fosters
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way it should work -- not call AKC, or AVID, or Home Again, or some other number for a new registry provider. In addition, 24 Pet Watch also has a migration path to ISO when it becomes a viable solution and, of course, their current chips are readable by all current scanners and many new dual scanners that read both ISO (FDX-B) and the current (FDX-A 125KHz) chips.
I expect more information to be available and maybe an article or two in future issues of our newsletter but for now I don't recommend moving to ISO chips until the readability issues can be resolved. You can visit the American Humane Association (www.americanhumane.org) and RF ID News (www.rfidnews.com) for more information.
John Bennett
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