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Several sets of statistics indicate that most New Year’s resolutions fail by February, so I’m getting a head start. Two columns ago, I resolved to feature more dogs, and I did, one column ago nothing but dogs. OK, time to bring back the cats, along with a rescuer who spent the past eight years rescuing them and striving to save them from injury and disease.
Aurelie Vanderhoek formed Zoey’s Place Rescue, named in memory of a beloved cat, after pulling a stray momcat and her kittens from a warehouse behind the business where she worked. Since then, her all-volunteer rescue would take cats from the streets, parks and other dumping grounds and provide vaccinations, spay/neuter procedures, parasite medication and other veterinary life-serving processes. A number of them suffered from physical trauma and illness, and the healing process was long and sometimes heartbreakingly unsuccessful. The successes, however, were met with joy, particularly when they were adopt