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Prison inmates get rescue cats ready for adoption [w/video]
Fox 12 ^ | Feb 20, 2013 | Laura Rillos

Posted on 02/23/2013 11:03:04 AM PST by Slings and Arrows

YACOLT, WA (KPTV) - There are sounds you expect to hear in prison - the locking of doors, announcements over the intercom, voices of staff members on walkie-talkies.

If you visit the Silver Star Unit at Larch Corrections Center, you may also hear something unfamiliar – meows, purrs and the jingle of cat toys.

Five felines currently reside at the prison as part of a cat adoption program coordinated with the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society. The inmates socialize the cats and get them ready to be adopted.

(Excerpt) Read more at kptv.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: kittyping
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1 posted on 02/23/2013 11:03:08 AM PST by Slings and Arrows
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2 posted on 02/23/2013 11:04:54 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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always great to see cats go to good homes


4 posted on 02/23/2013 11:08:45 AM PST by llevrok (Keep your arms out. ItÂ’ll make it harder for them to throw a net over you.)
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But kitties are so nice!
5 posted on 02/23/2013 11:10:47 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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This would be a great program for Julian and Ricky when they are in the Provincial clink


6 posted on 02/23/2013 11:14:59 AM PST by llevrok (Keep your arms out. ItÂ’ll make it harder for them to throw a net over you.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Wonderful. If a cat takes to you, you must be doing something right.


7 posted on 02/23/2013 11:24:03 AM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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Made my day!:0=^..^=


8 posted on 02/23/2013 11:32:47 AM PST by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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Kitties pick their servants carefully.


9 posted on 02/23/2013 11:37:43 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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Mine too.


10 posted on 02/23/2013 11:38:24 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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Yup. This one lived in our yard for over two years before she decided we were suitable staff.


11 posted on 02/23/2013 12:15:58 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'll stop being a cynic when the world stops giving me reasons to be cynical.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Ah Bubbles the wise. Vince the Pince lived with him in jail if I recall.

There is a reality show about prisoners who have dogs and take care of them as well. The name and network escapes me at the moment.


12 posted on 02/23/2013 12:40:59 PM PST by Gefn ("I am waiting for a rebirth of wonder")
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Beautiful tortie girl!


13 posted on 02/23/2013 12:47:05 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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“Beautiful tortie girl!”

I understand that torties are girls by nature. I had a beaut awhile back. In the wee hours of the night she would creep up in bed with me, put a paw out and just test to see if I was with it or not. Dragged her out from under a barn when she was a wee one. Great cat.


14 posted on 02/23/2013 12:57:27 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Great story, S&A! Thanks so much.


15 posted on 02/23/2013 1:00:05 PM PST by Carriage Hill (AR-10s & AR-15s Are The 21st Century's Muskets. Free Men Need Not Ask Permission!)
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“Kitties pick their servants carefully.”

Tell me about it while I walk from one end of the house to the other, hunched over, with a kitty on my back.


16 posted on 02/23/2013 1:03:40 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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17 posted on 02/23/2013 1:17:32 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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Always a pleasure.


18 posted on 02/23/2013 1:18:31 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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I understand that torties are girls by nature.

1999 times out of 2000, yes. The remainder are sterile males.

19 posted on 02/23/2013 1:21:17 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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“1999 times out of 2000, yes. The remainder are sterile males. “

You mean to tell me my cuddly little cat could have been a guy? OMG. That explains the little paw-taps in the middle of the night when no one was looking.


20 posted on 02/23/2013 1:31:16 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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