by Timothy Rutt
Okay, there are dogs involved, but this is really a cat story:
Bonny Shumaker, who's been keeping us up-to-date with today's rash of dog stories, wanted to give a shout-out to Millard Campground host Lonnie Fehr and give us a happy conclusion:
Lonnie, the Millard Campground caretaker, finds many stray dogs and cats dumped near the campground. He helps as many as he can, in fact that's where his own dog came from. He was able to find homes for a few of the cats, but there has been one stray, a young orange tabby, that was refusing to be caught and who was living mostly under Lonnie's trailer and off of his handouts. He was very worried that she would soon be a predator's meal. We captured her last Sunday morning and took her to the most wonderful new family -- who had just lost their own beloved cat who was the spitting image of this little girl, whom Lonnie had named "Sunshine"! So Sunshine, who turned out to be a very very sweet and affectionate little girl, once she finally let herself be handled, is now a pampered princess living in La Canada. She is being spayed this week and will no doubt lead a long and happy life with her new family.
Altadena residents have fabulous good hearts and have saved a LOT of animals lately! (:--)
