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Brooklyn Rescue Umbrella (BRU)
Brooklyn Rescue Umbrella was started with the intention of empowering Individual Rescuers. It quickly went into another direction when a Hoarder needed help. It was a period of creative ingenuity as new challenges began to present themselves on a daily basis. There was a lot to learn "on the fly" and when you have to sink or swim survival instincts can release the genius in you.
After our exciting beginning and with tremendous support from the Petco Manager on Stillwell Avenue Brooklyn Rescue Umbrella was in the spotlight.
We moved from Petco on Stillwell Avenue to Pet Delight on KingsHighway. This was a period of exposure to elements of Life that I had to learn from on a personal level. It would make for a great Soap Opera.
I don't remember how I got involved with the cats in Coney Island. When you're doing adoptions people often approach you with requests for help. Sometimes for food to feed their colonies and sometimes for help with trapping. In Coney Island there was a sudden flurry of construction that put all cats and nursing kittens in danger of being killed during demolition of a Community Garden.
There was no time to think or plan. The story may at least entertain you. Click on the CICIC button to go to that website!
Coney Island Boardwalk Cats Project
You’re invited to an organizational meeting to start a pilot program in Coney Island similar to Alley Cat Allies’ successful Atlantic City Boardwalk Cats Project to care for feral and stray cats. The program would utilize feeding stations, shelters and TNR—Trap Neuter Return – a humane and effective method of feral cat management that stabilizes the size of the colonies and reduces nuisance behaviors. In Atlantic City, where the city-approved project was started in 2000, Alley Cat Allies Boardwalk Cats draws visitors from all over the country. Disneyland in California also has a managed colony of 200 feral cats who dine at five discreet feeding stations and receive medical care. The bonus for the community is the rodent population is kept under control and calls to public officials about cats are eliminated. Meeting organizers Josie Marrero and Tricia Vita will talk about the feral and stray cat population along the Coney Island Boardwalk, where demolition and redevelopment have displaced some colonies and thrown others into crisis. A video of the Atlantic City Boardwalk Cats Project will be screened. A representative of the NYC Feral Cat Initiative, a program of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals committed to solving NYC's feral cat overpopulation crisis through TNR, will attend to answer questions.
It was the beginning of some of the hardest work I have done - aside from the unlimited learning of Social Media and how to use it on my own.
Click on the button above to go to our Facebook Page for Brooklyn Rescue Umbrella and see our Activities during our busiest period of time.
Click on the button above to go to our Facebook Page for Coney Island Cats In Crisis/Coney Island Boardwalk Cats Project and see our Activities during our busiest period of time.
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