I Write to Save Lives #RememberTheRescue

Hello, and Happy Thursday Purrsday! If you read this post you know that Lexy and I (oh, and Mommy, too) are proud to be official partners with Helen Woodward Animal Center for Remember Me Thursday. We received a box of items to help us promote this oh-so-important day, which included this great sign. 

Today I’m talking meowing with you about why I write to save lives. Those of you who have been our friends for a while now already know my back story. I’m not a “woe is me” type of kitty so I’ll just tell new friends briefly what happened: one day I was found in a dumpster, the people who found me took me to a pet store that had adoptable pets, and then I ended up in a shelter where I got very sick and almost died. (The shelter was one that is described as a “kill shelter”. If I wasn’t rescued I don’t know if I would have made it out.) It was a scary time for me, that’s for sure. But thanks to the magic of social media I found my forever home, and that’s all behind me now.  This picture of me sums up why I write to save lives...

Me in the shelter

...I don’t want other cats to end up in the same situation I did. 

After I was adopted and came home to live with Lexy and Mommy, I started a Facebook page. I wrote about my recovery and how I was learning to trust people and life again. (I had a lot of healing to do and my new home was the purrfect place for me to do it in.)  Lexy and I also wrote about some fun things, too, to make people laugh. Guess what? Way back then I was writing to save lives and I didn’t even know it! My story inspired someone to adopt a cat from a shelter, and can you guess what that person named her new family member? LOLA! Now that is cool. I saved a life! 

I wanted to save even more lives, so I decided to share my diary with the world. Lola: Diary of a Rescued Cat is the story of my rescue and recovery. I published it because I wanted to inspire people to treat animals with dignity and respect and to encourage them to run out to a shelter and adopt a new family member!

Lexy would like to say something now.  Okay, Lexy, go ahead…

I join Lola in her quest to bring attention to rescued pets and to tell people animals should be well respected and taken care of. I was abandoned when my first family moved away and left me behind to fend for myself. (Chances are I was a little neglected, too.) I was lucky because I was found by a wonderful no-kill shelter where I was treated like a queen. But not all animals are as lucky as I was, and that motivates me to write to save lives.  I'm proud to be a voice for animals in need.

 

Lexy's first day at home

Thank you, Lexy. We make a great team! 

Two of the things we focus on here at Lola The Rescued Cat is advocacy and education. We write about advocacy because we are passionate about rescue and animal welfare and we want to promote responsible pet ownership. We write about educational topics to give people ideas to help keep their pets happy and healthy. It's a lot of work sometimes, but it's important work and we're proud to do it. 

You can write to save lives, too! Remember Me Thursday is two weeks away! All you have to do is use the hashtag #RememberMeThursday or #RememberThe Rescue on social media to help spread the word that Remember Me Thursday is September 28. Easy peasy, right?  

Will you join us in writing to save lives on September 28? 

Lola


Disclosure: We received a box of items from HWAC in exchange for partnering with them for Remember Me Thursday. HWAC is not responsible for the contents of this post and Lola The Rescued Cat only shares information we think will be of interest to our readers.  

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