Hi, my name is Mittens and 
I'm here to Welcome you and tell you about a    project of mine that needs everyones help.It's   called Alley Cat Allies, it's about homeless cats.
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  She found herself alone in the alley behind the diner. Attracted by the smell of food coming  from     a  nearby garbage bag, Maggie clawed through it, devouring the thrown out food from the kitchen.

Her stomach full for the first time in days, she curled up in a crushed cardboard box behind the           dumpster and had her first real sleep.

That little cardboard box would be her new home, and the place where she would bear her five tiny      kittens.  A few days after their birth, Maggie realized that two of her kittens were not going to make  it.  Weak and underweight, they struggled with every breath.

Maggie knew they would not live long, so obeying an instinct deep within she gathered up her three     stronger kittens and  moved them to another box farther down the alley.

As Maggie's surviving kittens grew, they naturally displayed the skills necessary to stay alive, skills   that Maggie had learned the hard way. Other cats joined them behind the diner, and a "colony" was    formed.

  Soon the diner's staff notice them hanging around, and started to give them fresh food and water.       Because Maggie had once been a house cat, she allowed them to pet her occasionally. But the other     cats-including her own kittens-always skittered out of arm's length whenever someone came out         the  back door. 

Eventually Maggie was adopted by one of the diner's "regulars" whose own cat had recently died of      old age. She started a new life in a warm, comfortable home with a loving responsible person.  But       what happened to Maggie's three kittens?  Because they had never been touched or tamed by a           human they became feral-naturally wary of people and used to living outdoors among their own.
No one knows the exact number of feral cats living in the United States today, the number is               estimated in the tens of millions! Feral cats live in cities big and small, anywhere there is a source of food. A lot of them are trapped and killed, and that is a shame because there is a better way.      
While stray or abandoned cats can almost always be re-tamed and adopted into loving homes, feral    cats have never lived with humans. Their defensive behavior when trapped is often mistaken for        aggressiveness. Because their wild behaviior makes them unsuitable as house cats, many shelter administrators believe that killinng is the only answer.

                      Killing feral cats is not the solution. Nor is it humane. 

  Alley Cat Allies was started for this very reason to save these poor cats. Spaying and neutering         feral cats is the only humane way to stop their breeding and overpopulation.

                    Humanely reducing their population is the answer we seek.
Alley Cat Allies is the world's foremost helper for the best               treatment of feral cats  and the humane solution to their                  overpopulation through the ntroduction of TNR (Trap-Neuter-          Return) program. This method of population controlis now being      successfully used by countless caregivers across the country who      humanely trap, steriize, and vaccinate feral cats- then return           them to their outdoor homes.
   These volunteer caregivers use their own time-and money-to supervise the remaining cats,              providing food, water, and shelter. They also monitor the health of the cats, providing medical             treatment when necessary. Feral kittens trapped at an early enough age to be tamed are fostered        out and eventually adopted into loving, responsible homes.
  Would you like to help Alley Cat Allies Protect Feral Cats and Kittens?
  Protecting feral cats is a big job, they need your help! Find out how you can help make a big
difference in the quality of life of thousands of feral and stray cats. For more information on              Alley Cat Allies visit their website at  www.alleycat.org
  You can make a big difference in the quality of life of thousands of feral and stray cats.                                                       
  If you want to read about my friends or find out how to train your pet click on my picture.
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