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Toby, a 3 1/2 year old buff neutered male, shown at right, is the mascot of Halfway Home Pet Rescue. Although brain damaged at the age of 5 months, volunteers say that Toby has found his niche and a purpose in life at the pet rescue by offering love and comfort care to young foster kittens with special needs. Toby has recently befriended Marmalade, a very young, tiny orphaned kitten with seriously underdeveloped digestive issues. When offered a choice of whether to nap by himself on his special heating pad in his special bed or to crawl in bed with Toby, Marmalade leaves no room for doubt that it is nice for “little people” to have a big brother who loves him. Adoptable adult cats are currently only $25 — and all have tested negative for Leukemia/AIDS, have been spayed or neutered, wormed, have received parasite prevention treatment, and have a current distemper and rabies vaccination. Kittens from nine weeks to five months old are $55 and have all age appropriate medical care and vaccinations; kittens are adopted out with a spay/neuter voucher that instructs the vet to bill HHPR for the surgery. The shelter’s new location at 489 South Main St. is open by appointment only for adoption and on every Saturday afternoon from noon to 3 p.m. HHPR is a 501 c3 non-profit and their mailing address is PO Box 488, Caribou, Maine 04736. Their website is www.halfwayhomepetrescue.org and the shelter is also on petfinder.com and Facebook. FMI call Mary Rowe at 999-1075.
