| Jacksonville nursery saving kittens' lives a 'huge leap' toward no
The goal is a pear-shaped belly. Feed, clean fur, repeat 99 more times, five meals a day, every day, That's the schedule for Woods and a contingent of volunteers who care for the 100 or so kittens at the new neonatal nursery on the society's Southside campus. Established in April, the nursery is run jointly by the city's three largest animal welfare agencies - the society, Jacksonville Animal Care and Protective Services and First Coast No More Homeless Pets - as part of their common goal of becoming a no-kill community by 2014. "I know, sweetness," staff member Cindy Woods said, as one of her charges pulled away from the bottle, the pear-shaped goal completed. "The neonatal nursery is one huge leap," said Rick DuCharme, founder and executive director of First Coast No More Homeless Pets. Jacksonville nursery saving kittens' lives a 'huge leap' toward no |
Sunday, 3 June 2012
Jacksonville nursery saving kittens' lives a 'huge leap' toward no
