Mom and kittens This mother cat and...

Mom and kittens

This mother cat and her 7-day-old babies were brought to a

Community Animal Network event just as closing time arrived, said

DiAnna Pfaff-Martin, the Newport Beach group’s founder.

The Costa Mesa woman who brought them had too many animals, she

said, and there are more.

“We are told there are momma cats with multiple litters of all

different ages from newborns to a year old,” Pfaff-Martin said. “We

would love to become involved in this local rescue but [we] need

temporary homes to be provided by the pet-loving community until they

are of age for a permanent home.”

Spaying and neutering are a lot cheaper than raising such cats and

their offspring, she said.

“A typical network caller’s problem is that their free kitten

keeps getting herself pregnant,” she said. “From my experience on the

network phones, many free kittens live turbulent lives because people

have no investment to value.”

Spay and neuter clinics should charge only $25 for their services,

though a petition has circulated to support free clinics, she said.

See other animals available for adoption at www.animalnetwork.org,

or stop by Russo’s pet store at Fashion Island between noon and 4

p.m. on weekends. Information: (949) 759-3646, or write to the

Community Animal Network at P.O. Box 8662, Newport Beach, CA 92658.