Call Goes Out To Adopt Feline Tsunami Survivors

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Call Goes Out To Adopt Feline Tsunami Survivors

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BANGKOK, Thailand -- An animal relief organization in

Thailand is looking for homes for feline tsunami

victims plucked from a resort island.

 

The Thai Animal Guardians Association

http://www.thaiaga.org/Eng_index.htm

helped arrange the rescue of 116 cats, many weakened

by hunger and thirst, from the resort island of Phi

Phi. About 80 cats survived and have been vaccinated

and sterilized. But the agency says if new homes can't

be found the cats may be sent back to where they were

found on the island about 350 miles south of Bangkok.

 

Some of the animals were discovered in ruined homes,

and others were turned over by the police. Their

owners were believed to be missing and presumed dead.

 

Even as animal welfare officials are looking for new

owners for the stray cats they have, the association

is planning more rescues on the island.

 

For information on how to help, visit:

http://www.thaiaga.org/Eng_index.htm

 

Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press.