Tiny orphan kittens at garbage dump

It was a cold windy Thursday, November 17th and we got a phone call at Red Lake Rosie's Rescue that there was a box of tiny kittens at the Circle Pines garbage dump. An elder who was dumping garbage saw them and called.

Geri and Karen had been in Red Lake earlier that day, so we called immediately to Kristie and Darwin, residents near the Circle Pines area and thankfully they responded right away and found the kittens. Darwin and Kristie brought them to the shelter within the next hour and we began to feed them warm milk in a bottle. They were so cold and their body temperatures were dropping.

They were all lethargic and we worried about them all, and in particular the little siamese we called "Tiny Tim" (not even sure that it was a male) we just called him Tiny Tim as he seemed to be paralyzed. We were sure he needed a Christmas miracle.

TINY TIMGeri took care of Tiny Tim and kept him warm for the first night by having him uder her sweatshirt, then on to a hot water bottle. It took several hours before he megan to move around and be more alert. Well, they all improved and Tiny Tim on day 2 started to be able to walk a little better, but was still losing his balance.

Dr. Vickie, Act V once again came to the rescue and took the little kittens on a special transport on November 20th with the O'Sullivans and Barbie.

CHYNAAlso on transport are Chumi Bear to foster care with Linda at SHH and Chyna, little pitbull puppy also found at Circle Pines went to Laura of Mn Pitbull Rescue.

CHUMI BEARChumi Bear was found on the playground of the Red Lake Elementary School by a teacher. The kids on the playground called the puppy Chum-Chum and since he looked like a bear, we called him Chumi Bear. When the teacher saw Chum-Chum she called RLRR shelter, and when we did not get back to her that day, she took Chumi Bear home with her after school. Quickly she could see that he was ill, so RLRR met her at school the next day and took Chumi to the shelter. He would not eat, so he was taken to the vet in Gonvick and spent a couple of days there and then returned to the shelter where he continued to improve. He left for his foster home on the 20th.

Thank you all for helping these little babies!

Sincerely, Karen RLRR

UPDATE: Chumi Bear has already been adopted! Here's the news:

"Chummi went home with a wonderful wonderful couple. She is absolutely head over heals in love with him. He was such a good boy here. An absolute gentleman with my dogs and the cats... I think he got a great home!"