Elizabeth Mattfield
Help us Save Magic!
EVENING UPDATE 5/26/23 on Magic from Kathy: He made it!!!!!! I just spoke to the surgeon. Magic did incredibly well and is up and awake!...
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Kathy Gabrielescu
- May 18
- 3 min
Enforcement & Regulation Save Lives, Guidelines Give Excuses
We are in the middle of a massive animal cruelty and public health crisis in NJ. Very few people want to discus the extent of the feral /...
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Elizabeth Mattfield
- May 5
- 4 min
The Other Victims of Closed Shelter Intake
A few days ago, I posted about closed intake shelters and the problems caused when their "wait lists" for surrender and stray intake...
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Elizabeth Mattfield
- May 3
- 3 min
Waiting Lists are for Rescues, Not Municipal Impound Facilities
Why are towns allowed to wait list while rescues are overloaded by them?
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Kathy Gabrielescu
- Apr 25
- 3 min
NJ Best Shelter Practices Ignored
Our mission at Whiskers Rescue is to alleviate the stray and feral cat population by properly implementing Trap-Neuter-Return. This can...
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Kathy Gabrielescu
- Apr 20
- 3 min
Beyond the Food Bowl
NJ is currently facing a growing number of feral and stray cats on our streets. TNVR or Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate and Return should focus...
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Kathy Gabrielescu
- Apr 16
- 5 min
Rabies: How Good Intention Kills
A dramatic shift in animal control and management polices over the past 20 years is leading to a public health crisis. I began feeding...
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Kathy Gabrielescu
- Apr 6
- 2 min
Great Photos Change Lives!
Over the past 6 months of sending out vouchers we have noticed a trend. Photo quality changes lives! We have asked for photos of every...
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Elizabeth Mattfield
- Mar 2
- 3 min
We Hate Outdoor Cats
We said it and you should agree. For decades, Whiskers Rescue has seen countless social media posts and received a never-ending stream...
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Elizabeth Mattfield
- Jan 26
- 4 min
Cloverleafs and corruption: Navigating the Garden State
We hear it all the time: "I'm not going to call Animal Control; nothing will get done." "I'm not going to report the shelter; nobody ever...
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Kathy Gabrielescu
- Jan 3
- 3 min
Life can be better in 2023.
At 3am, I am working on packing up ebay jewelry, thinking about our new voucher program and how it will progress in the new year. My...
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Elizabeth Mattfield
- Dec 29, 2022
- 4 min
Don't Be a Cat Gardener...
Feeding cats is not a hobby. It is not something you do without making a huge commitment to all of this: Trap for spay/neuter - EVERY CAT...
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Kathy Gabrielescu
- Dec 22, 2022
- 3 min
We are fighting a war and it is not the one you think!
25 years ago, my husband I moved to our first apartment together. We were young, broke, and had no experience in how to run a household....
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Kathy Gabrielescu
- Dec 9, 2022
- 3 min
A Challenge to "Trappers"
Do you consider yourself a cat trapper? Do you get constant calls for help and find yourself overwhelmed? Are you unable to keep up with...
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Elizabeth Mattfield
- Dec 9, 2022
- 5 min
Inside... Our Lifeline for Caretakers
You may have applied for one of our very popular 50 Feral Fix vouchers and not heard from us as quickly as you expected, or even at all....
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Elizabeth Mattfield
- Nov 29, 2022
- 3 min
Your donation fixes so much more than one cat.
When you sponsor a voucher for $100 or donate towards one, you are doing so much more than getting a guy like Felix the surgery and...
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Elizabeth Mattfield
- Nov 17, 2022
- 4 min
Let's support our residents who care when their towns don't.
Our voucher program started strong with an inundation of requests for vouchers as soon as Kathy posted the now famous 50 Feral Fix back...
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Elizabeth Mattfield
- Nov 15, 2022
- 2 min
Update on Bill NJ A2275
Thanks to your voices and the many different groups represented who signed this petition, we can look forward to revisions to NJ A2275...
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Elizabeth Mattfield
- Nov 11, 2022
- 1 min
This got some attention...
We know that not everyone uses social media, or even the internet on a regular basis--including many people who are feeding cats! Since...
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