Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1901 — A Home for Stray Cats. [ARTICLE]

A Home for Stray Cats.

An uptown woman in New York, the widow of a supreme court judge, has devoted her attention to the welfare of stray She has had constructed a cage thirty-two feet long and ten feet wide, where all homeless animals who are found in the vicinity receive food and shelter. The neighbors call it the “cat mission.” The cage is fitted with cushions and has a house heated with hot water pipes in one end. A local milkman has the food contract for this asylum and leaves a large can of milk daily for the inmates. Over forty cats are being cared for at present, and news of the institution is spreading.