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How will the Côte-St-Luc Cats Committee survive without more funding?

Cats are abandoned for many reasons, including the refusal of many landlords to accept pets. Now, a program that helps “community cats” is in jeopardy.

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Susan Schwartz  •  Montreal Gazette

Published Jun 13, 2024  •  Last updated 2 hours ago  •  7 minute read

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Diane Liebling and 12-year-old Emerson, who joined the family when he was about a year old. Liebling is the heart and soul of a program that traps, neuters, returns and maintains community cats in Côte-St-Luc. PHOTO BY JOHN MAHONEY /Montreal Gazette

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Doc, as Diane Liebling named him — because she names every cat she traps or finds or otherwise helps as chair of the Côte-St-Luc Cats Committee — was found by a resident who then contacted Liebling. Doc was a purebred Scottish Fold, about 16 years old, and he’d likely been abandoned.

as a no-kill animal

Contact Diane Liebling at 514-236-2099 or dianeliebling@gmail.com. Donations to the Côte-St-Luc Cats Committee can be sent via e-transfer to CSLcats@cotesaintluc.org.

sschwartz@postmedia.com