In memory of our beloved pets:

Taz Berry Sophie Beauregard Idgie Crowley Turtle Dagle Zeke Detweiler Goliath Dukarski Archie Finnie Zooey Gordon Cow Kitty Hall Kit Hatfield Felicia Liberge

Spunky LoGrasso Olivia Lordon Mr. Cat Murphy Blossom Nelson Walter Persons Skeeter Petroccione Bully Reardon Simpson Russo Max Samiljan Nikko Sardelli Princess Soest

Special tributes Idgie Crowley I recently helped Idgie, Tucker’s friend and hospital companion to Cat Heaven. She came to me as a new mom of 6 kittens when I was an intern at Angell Memorial back in 1993. She was a tough street cat and really became such a wonderful friend. I had named her after Idgie Threadgoode, a favorite character from the movie Fried Green Tomatoes. She came to live here at BANHC when getting around at home became difficult. She really struck gold as she then had several people ( and Tucker ) to be with her so many more hours than I was able to at home. She always kept Tucker in line and loved getting turkey at lunch courtesy of Dr. Ricketts. She had beat hyperthyroidism thanks to Dr Woolfson, had a battle with mammary cancer that she won and handled her age very gracefully. Idgie received a Reiki treatment before I euthanized her, which was a wonderful gift that I could give her at the end. Happy memories will always be with me. Zooey Gordon This photo was taken just an hour or so before zooey passed away today- crossed over to the land of endless balls of yarn, trees to climb, luggage to pee in and catnip to gnaw on... She was well over 15 years old when she died, and lived for a long time (over a year) with chronic renal failure...she was danielle's first kitty as an "adult", her first fuzzy-non-human-baby, and became jon's lovebug. We miss her already but know that she's in a happier less painful place where she doesn't have to share us with 3 other cats... Give yer felines (and canines) a big hug tonight or tomorrow---silly lovable beasts... Bully Reardon Here is the picture of Bully. It is our favorite because it looks like he is smiling. I can't even express my gratitude to you and Dr. Ricketts for the love and support this week AND to you especially over the years with Bully. He had a great life partially due to your care and expertise! Without you meeting him that day on the ball field, he probably would have still been on steroids or dead a long time ago. He was so special to us and he will be missed greatly, but it was clear it was his time and he went peacefully, which is all we could ask for. Here is a link to Pet Memorial Park, the crematorium that we recommend: www.petmempark.com "If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." Will Rodgers   Back to the Newsletter