A reasonably black and white short-haired tabby with glowing inexperienced saucers for eyes was rescued from SEPTA’s subway tracks early this week.
In the wee hours of Monday morning — SEPTA lower energy to the Broad Street subway line from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. to save lots of the kitty — Subrina wandered into the cage offered by non-profit Stray Cat Relief. The bait was moist cat meals. The door slammed shortly behind her when she went for the tasty morsels. Subrina (named by Stray Cat Relief, the rescue company that helped orchestrate the retrieval) was surprised however protected.
Their work is just not accomplished.
Another kitty — Subastian — remains to be down there. And feline lovers are freaked out.
Between fast paced trains and electrical third rails, subway tracks will not be a protected place for a kitty. On Thursday morning town shut down energy on the Broad Street line from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. and used tuna as a substitute of simply plain old cat meals. Irresistible, proper? Wrong. Subastian is a intelligent kitty and sat exterior of the entice. It’s unclear when the subsequent rescue try will occur. But, stated Amy Mancuso, foster adoptions coordinator at Stray Cat Relief Fund, “we are going to try a bigger trap and this time set two.”
Straphangers and SEPTA employees have been anxious concerning the kitty cats caught within the subway for months. There have been studies that it was a household of cats, Mancuso stated. But upon investigation, it’s simply two kitties. In December Stray Cat Relief rescued one other male cat, Phil who appears to be like identical to Subrina and Subastian at fifteenth and Market Street, meters away from the City Hall subway station.
Mancuso thinks all three of the cats have been deserted as a result of Subrina, though afraid, has warmed as much as her rescuers. Feral cats stay afraid for for much longer, she stated.
Subrina is skinny. Patches of her hair are lacking. And she’s sustained puncture wounds. A neighborhood vet spayed and gave her rabies photographs. But Subrina has examined constructive for feline leukemia, a blood illness that shortens lifespans and simply passes to different cats. She must be fostered by a household that doesn’t have cats, Mancuso stated. If Subastian assessments constructive feline leukemia, the 2 cats may be fostered collectively, Mancuso stated. If not, they must be separated.
“There are a lot of cats who need help in Philly and not enough families to foster them,” Mancuso stated.
Interested in fostering Subrina and Subastion? Send an e mail to Stray Cat Relief, [email protected]
