COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • JULY 25, 2018 • A5
Pet tips
‘N’ tales
Greetings from Cottage Grove...
By Mary Ellen
“Angel Scribe”
Cats Mandu and Katcat
“... the only true religion consists of having a
good heart.”
— H.H. Dalai Lama
(Originally published July 26, 2017)
nna, a Buddhist nun, was ordained by His Holiness
Dalai Lama. She divides her time between her homes
and cats in Eugene, Ore., and its sister city, Kathman-
du. Anna takes the Dalai Lama’s words to heart, “Having a pet
teaches service, compassion and kindness” so for 19 years, she
has rescued trafficked Nepalese children.
During Nepal’s civil war, impoverished families sent their
children, as young as 4-years-old, with strangers who prom-
ised to educate and protect them. But, instead they innocently
handed their child to a trafficker who would inflict fear, hun-
ger and disease on their child. The now “owned” children were
forced to beg, serve their “master,” become domestic help,
break rocks or worse.
When Anna learns of enslaved children, wearing her nun’s
robes, she takes a taxi to their location and announces that she
has, “Come for the children.” Once in the care of the “Next
Generation Nepal” organization, their parents are located and
the children returned home. Donations allow for these rescues
and reunifications, making her acts of humanity paws-ible.
(www.NextGenerationNepal.org)
In Kathmandu, street cats are considered one step above rats.
The felines traverse the 15-foot brick walls that surround build-
ings, seldom touching the ground in their search for food.
Oddly, these “pests” are rare Bengal cats.
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News from Lorane
• It’s less then two weeks
until the Lorane Communi-
ty-Wide Sale on Saturday, Aug.
4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There’s
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• Also on Aug. 4, take in the
Art In The Country on Central
road at the old Central School.
There will be a variety of au-
thors, including Pat Edwards;
musicians and numerous art-
ists, including locals Margie
McNutt and Michael Match-
ulat, who share will share a
booth.
End your day at the Crow
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from 4 to 7 p.m. The grange
is right next to Applegate Ele-
mentary on Territorial Rd.
• The following weekend on
Aug. 12, there will be a full day
of activities in Lorane. Start at
Lorane Grange for the Lorane
Community Potluck. Lunch
starts at 12:30 p.m. but come
early to visit. Doors will be
open to receive food by 10 a.m.
Schedule for the day:
— Lorane Community Pot-
luck: 12:30
— Lorane Volunteer Fire
Department Ice Cream Social:
1 to 5 p.m.
— Lorane Family Store Mu-
ral Unveiling: 3 p.m.
Lisa Livelybrooks will be the
emcee and there is a western
theme for the day.
• NOTE Someone van-
dilized the grower’s market
donation box. Produce will
still be available but donations
can be given to the Lorane Deli
for now. Any changes will be
posted at the grower’s market.
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Anna and her cats, Mandu and Katcat
In Eugene, Anna has two Oregon rescues: a Bengal named
“Mandu” and a Manx named “Katcat.” Her cats are so beauti-
fully marked that she calls them “house art.”
“After adopting Mandu,” said Anna, “I wanted a second cat,
so I introduced him to two different cats, but he intimidated
the frightened ‘intruders’.”
Then she brought home a long-hair-grey Manx, Katcat. This
time the reception was jaw dropping! Mandu purred around
the cat’s carrier and rolled next to it like it was soaked in catnip.
When Anna let a fearless Katcat out, Mandu patiently
watched his new friend explore their home. It did not take
them long to become best friends.
Bengals are an amazingly intelligent breed. Mandu has 15
different tones to his voice so Anna can differentiate them and
understand what he is saying. Three weeks after Katcat’s arrival,
he must have said something that infuriated Mandu.
“In a demanding meow Mandu announced, ‘I have had
enough! Katcat is an intruder,’” said Anna. “He clearly stated
that it was, ‘time for Katcat's stay to end’. He argued insisting,
‘His visit is finished!’ He made fun of Katcat and said, ‘What's
with his no tail? He looks like a rabbit not a cat. He has to go!”
Anna disappointed Mandu by telling him that Katcat was
now part of their family.
Mandu retaliated by refusing to sleep with her, and in protest
he laid across her bedroom’s threshold stretching out, so that
Katcat would have to jump over him to enter.
Katcat wisely made a wide turn to avoid a cat-frontation.
Mandu then ‘tailed’ Katcat around the house intimidating him
for a week making everyone’s lives miserable. Finally Anna
said, “Mandu! Enough!”
Whatever their hissy-fit was, Mandu got over it and the cats
are back sharing her bed and lovingly washing each other!
Every morning, Mandu puts his head on my shoulder,” said
Anna, “and talks and purrs trying to rouse me. He becomes an-
noyed if I do not jump up and feed him. So, he swats my head
and I bury myself under the covers. He is relentless though;
there is no way that I can sleep. He is better than an alarm
clock, as long as you are on Mandu time!”
TIPS:
Cats instinctually scratch. They need tall cat posts to sleep
on, stretch their back, and scratch. If your cat “accidentally”
scratches your fur-niture, place crinkly aluminum foil on the
corners as a deterrent.
• Editor’s mote: Mary Ellen will return with a new column next
week after a well-deserved break from the keyboard!)
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