Article: Generous readers help humane society

The Will County Human Society's special-projects committee e-mailed me to let readers know it had a great response from the column I wrote April 1. They have been in desperate need to replace the worn-out cat cages. At the time my story came out in April, they had already purchased nine cages and needed to raise money for a lot more. This week they will be ordering 24 new cages. It doesn't sound like such a hard thing until you realize how many cats they take in.

"There's around 50 cats housed in three rooms here," said Cindy McKeand, special-projects committee member. "This is a no-kill shelter. About 10 of these cats have been here for over a year. They (the shelter volunteers) were very ...

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