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jaaan
Trad climber
Chamonix, France
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May 16, 2015 - 04:02am PT
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Happier times:
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MikeL
Social climber
Seattle, WA
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May 16, 2015 - 08:36am PT
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Always a great thread to visit.
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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May 16, 2015 - 06:51pm PT
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Sylvester loves running wild.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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May 17, 2015 - 08:40am PT
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Bernice at her performance art installation.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 17, 2015 - 08:50am PT
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The warm cat pillow put me to sleep.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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May 17, 2015 - 05:17pm PT
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I think Albatross' Sylvester is a wicked cool cat.
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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May 17, 2015 - 05:42pm PT
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Sylvester says thanks to all those who showed him some loving. Sylvester is thankful to have trained Albert to take him hiking, fishing and elk hunting.
We've learned a lot about the lake over the last couple years with a hundred nights camping on it.
Sylvester eats a lot of chicken eggs, elk, fish and beef and pork when he can get it.
Sylvester wants everyone to have a restful, purring evening. Yawn!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 17, 2015 - 06:18pm PT
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Yes!
Sylvester has trained you up to be a good human.
(and he is a pretty-cool cat.)
Thanks for all the cool Sylvester photos.
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D'Wolf
climber
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May 17, 2015 - 07:01pm PT
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ASTRO UPDATE:
Some remember - we found him at the base of the Prow. He's doing great.
Recently, we added a new addition: Tiger. He was a stray/feral that was hanging around our back yard for months. We trapped him and discovered he was not only tame, but someone had shot him in the mouth with a pellet gun. He was in bad shape. The pellet entered from inside the mouth upwards into his sinus cavity, implying that someone did it deliberately. Broken incisor tooth, and a serious infection that filled his entire nasal cavity. Sneezing constanly, blood everywhere. Vet pulled the remains of the tooth, but couldn't get the pellet. Put him on six weeks of two different antibiotics as well as an anti-viral. Saw a specialist who said it looks like the pellet is lodged in bone and now encapsulated; doesn't seem to be affecting him in any way so there is stays. He is now happy, healthy and hangin' with Astro, Bella, and Shadow.
Cheers all - Thom
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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May 18, 2015 - 07:44am PT
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Astro is gorgeous and Tiger is fabulous.
Can't believe someone would do that to a sweet little creature like him...or any cat for that matter.
You've got a lotta good kat karma stockpiling there, Thom. It's good to know people like you exist.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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May 18, 2015 - 09:27am PT
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What a sweetie he looks to be. Looks kinda like my Tony.
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Mei
Trad climber
Was one
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May 18, 2015 - 11:16am PT
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This is a thread that makes me smile. There are sad tales for sure, but the heart breaking or mind baffling deeds are almost always a result of human action or inaction. Cats, they just make you smile. That's what they do.
Thom, thank you for taking such good care of Tiger. I'm amazed that he did not lose trust in mankind after having been so cruelly treated by a human.
My girls shudder at the sight of the bag of bloody innards, but they scream (teenage girls' scream) whenever they see Sylvester on the screen. You've got fans!
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D'Wolf
climber
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May 19, 2015 - 05:59pm PT
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Thanks all. Astro, Bella, Shadow, and now Tiger were all rescued from the streets. Astro is most popular here on ST because he was found as a kitten at the base of The Prow; many here know his story. Bella (blue-point Balinese) was rescued from a park-n-ride as a kitten. Shadow (seal-point Siamese like Astro) was abandoned by her owners when they moved.
Prior to that was my best friend, Trango, found at 3 months in a rain storm, covered in fleas. He passed 2 years ago in July at 16 years, Shortly after Mija, a days-old kitten being swept down the gutter in Tijuana when a friend of my GF scooped her up and "smuggled" her back to the U.S. where my GF had her for 15 years.
We recently nabbed 3 kittens from a feral mom; they became instantly domesticated and Jack, Oliver, and Rusty have all gone to good homes. Mom was trapped and spayed along with three others girls who now hang around our back yard, wild but tame.
I guess we're just "cat" people!
Thom
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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May 19, 2015 - 06:06pm PT
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Great thread, love seeing all the beautiful cats.
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The Lisa
Trad climber
Da Bronx, NY
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May 19, 2015 - 07:23pm PT
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I love seeing all these rescued kitties! Our Daisy might be 11 or 12 now - we got her from a rescue 4 years ago.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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May 19, 2015 - 08:03pm PT
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My cats trying to decide what I should do for them next.
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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May 21, 2015 - 04:48pm PT
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Cats are cool!
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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May 24, 2015 - 08:13am PT
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Sylvester seems like such a cool cat!
Wish we had a Sylvester or a Pente...but, no! Just a psycho-calico lurking like a lioness in the savannah:
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