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Title:Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
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Moderator:JULIET::CORDES_JA
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1079
Total number of notes:28858

348.0. "Recent t.v. progam on cats...did you see it?" by CPCOD::SULLIVAN () Thu Aug 06 1992 08:42

    
    Hi,
    
    	Has anyone seen a recent t.v. program on cats?  There was one
    	segment of the program that mentioned a man who lives in Oxnard,
    	California.  He has devoted his life to rescuing stray cats that
    	have been abandoned at the seashore.  These abandoned cats seek
    	refuge amongst the rocks and have a particularly difficult time
    	getting fresh water.  So this person tries to trap the cats and
    	bring them to his ranch, where he takes care of them properly.
    	Evidently he does this through private funding, so he is able
    	to have the cats neutered, given shots, etc.
    
    	Did anyone happen to see this program?  If so, did you catch
    	the person's name?  I would like to write to him.  Or, do you
    	happen to know the name of the cat program and what channel 
    	carried it?  I only caught a glimpse of the program and have
    	been hoping that it would be aired again.
    
    	Thanks for any information.
    
    	Eleanor
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348.1I like the visiting cats part!ERLANG::FALLONKaren Fallon "Moonsta Cattery"Thu Aug 06 1992 09:304
    Eleanor, it sounds like the show "Cats: Caressing the Tiger", which is
    a National Geographic show, usually shown on PBS stations. Wasn't one
    cat called Jetty?  Very good show btw!
    Karen
348.2Newspaper ArticleMRKTNG::STUDLEYThu Aug 06 1992 10:1817
    Eleanor,
    
    I didn't see the tv program you are talking about.  However, I do have
    a magazine article about (I believe) this man.  It's entitled "Mission
    Possible:  Rescue on the Rocks".  The man's name is Leo Grillo and he
    started and organization called DELTA (Dedication and Everlasting Love
    to Animals).  
    
    It's a great article and if you would like a copy I'd be happy to send
    it to you.  Let me know your mail code.
    
    Regards,
    
    Janet
    MRKTNG::STUDLEY
    or Janet Studley @TTB
348.3mee tooFORTSC::WILDEwhy am I not yet a dragon?Thu Aug 06 1992 10:2825
>                      <<< Note 348.2 by MRKTNG::STUDLEY >>>
>                             -< Newspaper Article >-

>    I didn't see the tv program you are talking about.  However, I do have
>    a magazine article about (I believe) this man.  It's entitled "Mission
>    Possible:  Rescue on the Rocks".  The man's name is Leo Grillo and he
>    started and organization called DELTA (Dedication and Everlasting Love
>    to Animals).  
>    
>    It's a great article and if you would like a copy I'd be happy to send
>    it to you.  Let me know your mail code.

Janet,

I don't have convenient access to allin1 and my node doesn't know yours...
so, please send a copy of the article to me @

			Dian Wilde
			wro1-1/a24 

				Thanks,

				  D
348.4Yes (that's the show)/Yes (that's the man).CPCOD::SULLIVANThu Aug 06 1992 13:3110
    
    Thanks for the info Karen and Janet.  The t.v. show may have been
    the one you mentioned.  There were comparisons between the domestic
    cat and the wild cats.  I'd also love to have a copy of the article.
    It certainly sounds like the man from Oxnard.  I'll VAXMAIL you my
    new mailstop.  I'm moving next week from BXC to ACO.
    
    Thanks again,
    
    Eleanor
348.5The two cats names are Jetty and Marina.JULIET::CANTONI_MIThat really ghasts my flabber!Thu Aug 06 1992 14:017
    The show was definitely "Cats: Carressing the Tiger" - I just saw it
    last week.  I don't remember the man's name (am now wishing I taped the
    show!), but I think he does rescues in more areas than just that jetty. 
    They did mention that he runs a cat shelter, but that the only cats
    there are ones that he himself has rescued.
    
    Michelle
348.6Cats everywhere in his house!CSC32::K_KINNEYSo shine a good deed in a weary worldFri Aug 07 1992 07:319
    
    
    	I didn't see tv this week but I have seen a film
    	about the man who does the cat rescues. You should
    	see his house! (or did you??) He has wall to wall,
    	head to toe *8^} cats. I'd like to know how HE deals
    	with hissing problems.
    				kim, catnip, winston and HITTHER
348.7DTIF::JUDYPicard/Riker &#039;92Fri Aug 07 1992 07:5412
    
    	Not a TV program but...
    
    	There was a story in this week's STAR magazine about a woman
    	who won $7million in the lottery.  She built a $1million dollar
    	home and had a 6 room house built just for her 20 kitties!
    
    	Now *that's* a dream come true for lots of folks in here I'm
    	sure!  =)
    
    	JJ
348.8PROSE::GOGOLINFri Aug 07 1992 08:159
    The article "Mission Possible" by Paul Grillo was in the August 1990 
    issue of Cats magazine, for anyone who keeps old issues of magazines. 
    It's a great article. 

    Re: .7

    Hmmm, think I'll start buying lottery tickets! 

    Linda
348.9Caressing the Tiger will be shown again..DELNI::JMCDONOUGHTue Aug 11 1992 06:289
    
      Keep a watch on the T.V. schedules...especially for public stations,
    A&E, Discovery and such... This show has been re-run at least 4 times
    that I know of...I've seen it completely on 2 occasions and ran across
    it while exercising the remote a couple of other times..
    
      I'd be very surprised it it isn't replayed many times still....
    
      JM
348.10OXNARD::KOLLINGKaren/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca.Tue Aug 11 1992 13:294
    Yes, it shows up every year or so.  I think the National Geographic
    shows are available on video (maybe).  Your local PBS station might
    know an 800 number for the videos.
348.11Blockbuster Video?MODEL::CROSSTue Aug 11 1992 13:4210
    
    I wonder if the Blockbuster Video shops would have this video.  I know
    that they carry a LOT of National Geographic videos, so it is possible. 
    I saw the video about a year ago, a friend of mine had taped it, and it
    was GREAT.  The only part I couldn't watch was the part where the males
    kill the kittens....flipped me right out.  (sigh)  But I wanted to be
    that man in California with the ranch and all the cats roaming about
    his property.......
    
    Nancy
348.12Yes..try video stores...DELNI::JMCDONOUGHTue Aug 11 1992 14:046
      Re .11
      Not only Blockbuster...Mega and a lot of others carry the National
    Geographic and other documentary stuff... Check around..you'll probably
    find it somewhere...
    
      JM