Thursday August 30, 2007, 2:18 am
Many thanks to Sophia Dalle for graciously highlighting this groundbreaking, state-of-the-art shelter, at Care2 News Story "Building a New Standard for Animals." Visit the Washington Animal Rescue League at http://warl.org. Donations are accepted at http://tinyurl.com/yqvf23. These are only a fraction of the many beautiful kitties available at the WARL facility. See all the playful kitties on the WARL adoption page at http://warl.org/animals/index.php. Contact WARL at adopt@warl.org or phone (202) 726-7001. Submitted by American Senior Cats. Visit the American Senior Cats online rescue group at http://Pets.Groups.Yahoo.com/group/AmericanSeniorCats, or join at http://Pets.Groups.Yahoo.com/group/AmericanSeniorCats/join Dave@SeniorPetsProgram.org

Thursday August 30, 2007, 8:35 am
Thanks to two heroes, Dave and Sophia, who do so much. BTW, the SPCA in San Francisco is no-kill and has beautiful cat homes. Used to volunteer there......

Thursday August 30, 2007, 1:17 pm
now listen up i do nothing not enough and i cant stand it. the true tireless activists are the hands on people. like dave and the owner of purever ranch and all the small shelters across the world struggling. so i post and campaign so? how many people on care2 are donating to these places and helping really?on care2 i really wonder.
we have american senior cats they need help and the shelters that arehelping the abandoned katrina animals they need our help

Thursday August 30, 2007, 4:46 pm
Thank you Dave and Sophia for bringing this to everyones attention. Please to all her adopt a senior and save a life donate if you can't. Blessed be.

Thursday August 30, 2007, 5:03 pm
Thanks to the SPCA and other groups, these cats are getting some help to be adopted or taken care of. :)

Thursday August 30, 2007, 5:14 pm
Oh my God Dave and Sophia, when I look at these pretty faces....I feel so bad, but you are there, you guys are God, angels, warriors....words are not enough to thank you both.
I wish I could do more to help, I don't even live in the States, all I can do is to donate and spread the word, this really depresses me. IN Germany the shelters are officially all no-kill shelters, so it is illegal to put them to sleep in the shelter( it still happens though..), why will America not follow this.., it's high time for a good change. The shelter of the city where I used to live until last year is one of the best ones in Germany.
Sophia, I will make a donation as soon as possible, I just have made too many donations lately.., animals suffer worldwide, and too many of them, so sad.
Sammantha, I heard SanFrancisco is no-kill city, so there should be no kill shelters, and also the world's most friendly city for the animals !! Thanks for helping the voiceless.

Thursday August 30, 2007, 6:17 pm
Noted, and Kudos to the people especially in DC. I hope this story gives the world a nicer view of the majority of people in Wash. Dc are decent caring folk and not pianted with the same paint that prevades the Gov.

Thursday August 30, 2007, 7:10 pm
Lovely shelter and everything these senior cats deserve. I would love to see all senior cats treated this way. Noted/Shared.

Thursday August 30, 2007, 7:32 pm
What a great place for these cuddly cats...I hope many of them find forever homes!

Thursday August 30, 2007, 7:57 pm
I want to move in with one of them ,lol. Love cats, they deserve it, thx Dave

Thursday August 30, 2007, 8:41 pm
Noted and I signed the petitons

Thursday August 30, 2007, 9:31 pm
Thank you for bringing the WARL to our attention. FYI, they have dogs, also. How wonderful to learn that such a excellent shelter exists. I also found many great links to other rescue resources.
Sophia, I know how you feel. The most we can do sometimes is just spread the word on the animals so many selfless rescuers are trying to save. But we all need to do something ... no matter how small. Everything makes a difference.

Thursday August 30, 2007, 10:03 pm
If there is anything more precious than a cat. I can't imagine what it could be. Thank You for this.

Thursday August 30, 2007, 10:09 pm
Excellent!

Thursday August 30, 2007, 10:29 pm
this is pretty cool...thanks

Friday August 31, 2007, 12:13 am
Thanks Sophia and Dave for raising awareness of this awesome shelter! Beautiful cas ! I will be donating as soon as I resolve some health & financial issues. It warms my heart to know that a good place like this one exsists, esp. for the senior kitties

Friday August 31, 2007, 12:58 am
That shelter is incredible. I wish they were all like that.

Friday August 31, 2007, 2:35 am
Yes, isn't it an astonishing organization? I might have thought of replacing the kitties' wire cage fronts with plexiglass, or blocking the dogs' views of one another with opaque panels. But an interior drinking waterfall with access ledgesfor the cats? Streams of fresh water cascading down the skylights to soothe the dogs? There was Stephen Hawking-caliber genius behind those astonishing innovations. When I attended the open house, we walked out on a catwalk looking down upon the dogs' quarters. What is more, the SHARE program forms relationships with open-admission ("kill") shelters and animal control oficers all up and down the East Cosat, to arrange for material assistance, and shipping animals from less fortunate jurisdictions to Washington for rehabilitation and adoption. (See SHARE program at http://tinyurl.com/2avt6w.)

Friday August 31, 2007, 6:47 am
This is really great!

Friday August 31, 2007, 8:26 am
THANK YOU, DEAR DAVE, I'M VERY GLAD TO HEAR THIS!!!, VERONICA LACH

Friday August 31, 2007, 9:15 am
The shelter is awesome!!

Friday August 31, 2007, 12:03 pm
What a beautiful, shining example! May the rest of the world wake up, take notice and do more of the same!

Friday August 31, 2007, 3:49 pm
All of my pets are adopted and we have always taken in seniors when possible. It is too bad that so many people are so very ill-equipped to care for animal companions. If they were more able or better educated about animal companions, then there would be less abandoned and abused animals around. As is, most shelters do every thing possible to care for these abandoned pets, but some are just too far gone to help. We need much stronger laws throughout the U.S. to punish animal abusers and better education and maybe licensing restrictions on both pet owners and definitely on pet breeders. Requiring pet sellers to do background checks on prospective owners might be something to think about.

Friday August 31, 2007, 5:14 pm
Here in Montgomery County, Maryland, licenses are required not only for dogs, but cats as well. (See http://tinyurl.com/2pmmbs. However, animal control officers don't go around ticketing kitties. If they are investigating another violation, perhaps they would write a ticket for no cat license. My own Gabriel and Xena (http://seniorpetsprogram.org/sweethearts.html) both have ID microchips, and never go outside without a harness and leash.

Saturday September 1, 2007, 11:29 pm
Thank you, Dave you are just wonderful, and Sophia, well I hope you know by now.

Monday September 3, 2007, 1:37 am
Nice work, David and Sophia.... Thanks for sharing.. My cat Keeko is adapted and she is the most wonder cat.. Keep up the good work!

Thursday September 6, 2007, 3:59 pm
Excellant!!! All 3 of my cats were rescued from the road.