Conference misery::feline_v1

4230.0. "Another animal savior article" by JJLIET::JUDY (Now why are they blinking!?) Fri Dec 07 1990 12:57

    
    	posted without permission from Woman's World  Dec. 11
    	(Mods if you feel the need to delete, go ahead)
    
    	She Loves the Animals Nobody Else Wants
    
    	Get Sharon McCaffrey near an animal and she becomes absolutely
    	miserable.  "I sneeze and wheeze and break out in hives" Sharon
    	says."I have asthma and I'm alleric to all animals"
    	So why does she live surrounded by - at last count- 25 odgs, 110
    	cats, three horses, a rabbit, a ferret and a turtle?
    	"It's my life's mission" Sharon explains.  "These animals need me.
    	If it weren't for me, they'd be dead."
    	At Sharon's home - also known as the Namcha Home for WAyward
    	Animals - unwanted, unloved, sick or disabled animals are welcomed
    	cared for and treasured.
    	Sharon's been rescuing stray animals since she was a child. "I'd
    	come home with a dog or cat and tell my mom, 'it just followed
    	me home'" Sharon says.  "I haven't stopped since"
    	Sharon started Namcha, a fram located on 15 acres in Elverson,
    	PA, in 1984 and runs it solely on donations, her life savings
    	and her earnings as a claims adjuster.  Sharon's generosity knows
    	no bounds when it comes to her pets.  She regularly spends $200
    	a week just on pet food alone.  "I can't tell the animals they
    	can't eat this week.  So I feed them instead of buying groceries
    	for myself.  
    	"People might think my priorities are lopsided, but animals
    	give unconditional love" Sharon explains.  "It just breaks my
    	heart when people treat animals as if they're expendable."
    	And just when Sharon thinks she has no room for another furry
    	friend in her household, she'll com home to find a carton of 
    	kittens or an abandoned dog in her driveway.  "I can barely 
    	squeeze in anyone else.  But I always manage to make room."
    	And it's a job that has no quitting time.  Every morning at
    	5:30, Sharon's up to clean the kennels and feed and exercise
    	her pets; after work it's more of the same.  "It doesn't 
    	leave much time for a social life," Sharon, 39 and still
    	single admits.  "Most guys don't understand that my animals
    	always come first.
    	But somehow the animals thank me for taking them in"
    

>    	So why does she live surrounded by - at last count- 25 odgs, 110
>   	cats,
    
    Is that a typo -- 110 cats??!!

    Sharon sounds like an angel from heaven.    I can't even imagine
    that many animals....and I complain because six cats sometimes
    have me going crazy!
    
    Nice article!!  Sandy

    
    	Mike,
    
    	No, I'm not kidding....110 cats.  There's a picture of her
    	standing in front of what looks like a desk or small table.
    	There's probably 6 cats on it!
    
    	(although I did notice a typo in that line...it was obviously
    	  25 dogs not...odgs  =)  )
    
    	JJ
    

    And I assume she lives on a farm, not a fram  ;-)
    
    Boy and I complain about 12!  Actually, its not the 12 that bother
    me, its the results if I get lazy about the catbox :-)  
    
    What a super person!  I wish I had the energy and committment (and $$)
    to do that kind of work.  Surely there is a special place in heaven
    for such people (and a special place in hell for the other type).
      Nancy DC