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Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss. Friday, September 26, 196!)
Big 'Cat' Search Continues
A reward of $10,000 is still offered for a nine-month-old mountain lion which escaped from the Reptile Farm on U.S. Highway 90 west of Bay 'St. Louis during Hurricane Camille.
Tuffett, a 90-pound female, has been reported seen by residents in various parts of the county and the cat’s owner, Clifford Boal, believes she is still in
the area.
He said he has discovered tracks at several locations and has a tranquilizer gun ready if she is located.
He said the cat is tame but could survive easily o££ wildlife, being a natural hunter.
Animal Lovers Aid Pet Storm Victims
BY JIMMIE BELL Daily Herald Staff Writer
Harrison County Humane Society shelter at Gulfport has totaled up it’s “hurricane-month” activities and learned that in the rush and scurry of the times, it distributed thousands of pounds of dog food in the cities and towns of the county and cared for an excess of dogs and cats which became homeless during and immediately following the storm.
The impact of Hurricane Camille did little damage to the shelter but in its aftermath that big heart of the animal lovers’ world opened, and truckload after truckload of food moved into the area earmarked for the Gulfport shelter.
In addition, the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the Pensacola, Fla., area sent two men and a truck to operate the shelter in shifts during the emergency restoration of Humane Society services.
| Mrs. Iris Sellers, who attends the shelter, said that as a re-jsult of the storm, “there are a ; whole lot more animals now | due to people losing their | homes.” In the past week, I adoptions went down considerably, she said, and the result was the dog and cat registra-1 tion remained large as new animals were brought in.
One of the Pensacola volunteers brought a truck with him and has operated it on a schedule to collect stray animals around the county.
“Before winter comes, we must seal the building,” Mrs. Sellers said, “but before sealing it we must obtain funds. Our main objective is to place the
building in tip-top shape in order that the animals will have security.”
“We want to extend our facilities if possible,” she said, “but we will need contributions to do it.”
Also, the Humane Society is anxious to purchase a truck of its own. Whether these items will be financed through a public drive has yet to be decided by the Society.
“We could not have cared for the extended services demanded of the shelter after Camille had it not been for the wide support from our own community and points throughout the nation,” she said.
“Our objective now is to provide a shelter that will serve the community in this way— when the owners of pets feel inclined to evacuate before the next hurricane, they can leave their pets with us and feel the animals will be perfectly safe.”