The Burkett's Stray Cats

As you can read all about here, Shannon is one of the Burkett's heroes. Not only is she a great employee, but she is an animal lover with a big heart. As she told us in her Meet The Heroes profile, along with her animals at home she also takes care of the "Burkett's Stray Cats". 


We had a little extra excitement last week at the office. Shannon caught a cute little kitten that she took home, bottle fed and found a new home for. 

The latest rescued kitten dubbed "Danger Cat 5,000"

I asked Shannon to share a little bit more about the Burkett's Stray Cats and this is what she had to say:


I am currently feeding four to five feral cats. People drop them off because we are right next to the SPCA. The cats are usually un-altered and become feral over time and then have litters. People don't realize that the SPCA doesn't trap or find these cats. Jennie, Jackie, Margaret, Tony and I have rescued 2 litters so far and re-homed all of them- a total of 7 kittens and 1 adult so far. I have two from the first litter that are now my inside cats and they are the best cats ever.

Shannon's Burkett's Cats as kittens (above) and now. 

The kitten we just re-homed with Patrick's mom is the youngest we have rescued (about 3 weeks old). When they get to about 5 weeks their instincts take over and become very difficult to catch because at that point they are pretty much feral kittens that bite and scratch.

The feral cats often get into fights and do get injuries, but since they are wild, it is near impossible to get them in for treatment. Luckily, everyone that works here are major animal lovers and we all pitch in to buy food and feed the cats each day.

Shannon hopes to ultimately get all of the Burkett's Stray Cats neutered and spayed.