Below is a list of time it takes for certain items to biodegrade.(Rot into Dirt)

How Long Will These Stay in Our Waterways?

Paper Products 2-6 Weeks

Fruits & Vegetables 2-6 Weeks

Waxed Milk Carton 3 Months

Cotton Rope 3-14 Months

Plywood 1-3 Years

Cigarette Butts 1-5 Years

Wool Socks 1-5 Years

Plastic Bag 10-20 Years

Plastic Film Canister 20-30 Years

Nylon Fabric 30-40 Years

Leather 50 Years

Foam Plastic Cups and Take-Out Containers 50 Years

Tin Cans 50 Years

Rubber Boot Soles 50-80 Years

Foam Plastic Buoys 80 Years

Aluminum Cans 80-200 Years

Disposal Diapers 450 Years

Plastic Beverage Bottles 450 Years

Fishing Line 600 Years

Glass Bottles & Jars

It has been a Great summer at Ferry Point Park 2008

as of OCT 13TH WE HAVE HAD 500 volunteers helping us improve the Park. Thank You for your help volunteers.

We still have 2 events left in the Park

"It's My Park Day Oct. 25th" and "Nov. 8th Tree Stewardship". 

March 2008:

We took in a 10 year old Chiwawa that needed a quick home.

Although all our pets are fixed, we ended up with 4 puppies from this rescued dog...

The puppies already have adoptive homes available, we are just being very picky as to who will be able to keep them safe, happy and healthy for their lifetime.

2008: The good news is we don't have any pregnant Cats anymore due to our successful TNR Trap Neuter and Return.

The Bad news is there are 5 people asking for our smart, affectionate kittens.

To play games, learn about animals click this link

Kind News

We taught 4 baby raccoons that

lost their mom how to lick instead

of suck so they can survive in the wild.

Priscilla and Jerrica have no kittens left for adoption

Oct.. 2006 Keeblers Dog family got all new cages, sleep pillows and blankies...they are enjoying them....

Nov. 2006 Keeblers Cat Family got all new cages, litter boxes, sleep pillows and blankies...they don't like being caged at night, but they are much safer.

Dec. 2006 Bella the only puppy from the Brown Chiwawa and Elys male crossed Brush Ave. and was picked up by strangers.... Dotti and Prissilla looked all over but found out later that the puppy was seen being picked up near the driveway to Pro Foods. If anyone reading this has the puppy, it belongs the the basement apt. at 712 Brush Ave.

Jan. 2007 there are posters up on the electrical poles in front of HO PENN for a lost water spaniel...brown and grey spoted with droopy ears....the phone number is on the flyer if you spot the dog call them....

Jan. 2007 New black cat sited with angora tail, green eyes?....no collar will try to see if it has a home of if it is abandoned....

Jan. 2007 Sitings of Black Cat, yellow eyes? white on forhead, bib on neck, white feet? white whiskers. Dirty white cat, grey on head no collar...one yel. one blue eye...used to frequent 515 Brush now down around Senger.

young black and white mother that stayed near Otto's is gone?

March 2 2007 Bonnie got her tooth stuck in her sisters metal buckle on her collar and broke her bottom tooth when trying to get in out...shes ok now that she has rested with her little sister in the laundry room fo a few days...she will be going to the Doggie Dentist to have it removed if it does not come out by itself soon.

Bugsey twisted his ankle on the ice and is wearing and ace bandage to support it while it rests.

ONE OF THE PET SQUIRRELS HAS BEEN COMING TO GET NUTS "TIPSEY".

China the really nice white pitbull was play fighting with her family and went wacko and bit Jerrica on the leg. Jerrica had to go with an ambulance to the hospital.

April...Jerrica got 10? stitches and is fine now....China is also fine

Sonar is now in heat...she will get fixed soon...she is in a kennel for now, not to thrilled

Keebler decided to make milk again, she is making Phantom who is now grown, drink the milk....he is not thrilled with her controlling mama ways while he is a teenager already. Keebler is in her kennel for now til we schedule her to get fixed.

Sky who had the scary virus that turned his blood brown....is doing fine except he seems a little weak compared to the others...

We had some of the bad food, but only 10 cans were eaten mixed with other good food so the animals are fine....

There are a few new strays? around...all males from what we can tell

shy black shorthair/gone

shy black long hair/dead

shy black and white short hair/missing

aggressive striped tan/orange with blue collar/gone

aggressive solid grey and white/gone

aggressive striped gray and white (now has broken leg)/"hop-along"not agressive, a regular now

July20,2007 all the animals are doing well, the black squirrel who I call "Bugger" has had two babies who came out of nest and are now looking for nuts...one is grey with white belly and one is brown/black...they are very funny to watch as they play

Don't be afraid if "Bugger" Stares at you, she is hoping you will throw her a piece of bread, or peanuts...she was raised by humans as a baby so she is not very afraid of you....she will not jump on you, she could bite your hand by accident if it smells like food, so let go of the bread or peanut....or keep your hand open with the nut in the middle

The grey striped and white cat"aqua eyes" has been losing weight as he tries to heal a broken arm. 2008, arm seems to be much better, gaining weight back

REMEMBER YOUR PETS ARE ANIMALS THEY DO NOT KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG ALL THE TIME....BE CAREFUL!!! DON'T HURT THEM OR PRETEND TO HURT THEM.....

THEY MIGHT HURT YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE.......

Check out this site that we really like http://www.nahee.org

Or research your favorite animal at www.enature.com

Great Dog Supplies at www.dog.com

WILD LIFE FROM AREA

Click on the following link to:

LEARN ABOUT BIRDS

Swans Near Lehman High School

 Ferry Point Park 5 Swans

SNOWY PLOVER ?   SPECKLED IN MAY ? 2006       .....GREY IN SEPT. 2006 

  Juvenile Red Tailed Hawk/ One year old...2005 

                                  Waiting for shot of the Snowy Owl

Blue Claw Crab (dead) 2006

Racoons, Opposum, Skunk, Squirrels of course....

Feral (Wild) Cats....

FUR FINS & FEATHERS GROUP

40 Opposums, 11 Raccoons

relocated due to habitat destruction

(road kill) on streets from Lafayette to Schley.

2005   3 RACCOONS/ 4 SKUNK/ 2 OPPOSUM

2006   3 RACOONS/ 6 SKUNK/ 2 OPOSSUM

2007   3 RACOONS/ 5 SKUNK/ 0 OPPOSSUM

2008   0 RACOON/ 5 SKUNK/ 0 OPPOSUM

2 BLACK BABY SQUIRRELS WERE FOUND BY CATS AFTER THEIR MOM WAS KILLED BY CAR. WE RAISED THEM ON KITTEN MILK & VEGGIES, UNTIL THEY COULD CRACK AND HIDE NUTS...THEN INTRODUCED THEM TO THE WILD...THE NASTY ONE (TIPSY) WAS SUCCESSFUL, THE NICE FUNNY ONE (SASSY) WAS EATEN BY RACCOONS?

update...Tipsy gave birth to 3 black and 1 or 2 grey squirrels this season.

There are 9 that come for breakfast/Lunch and dinner

there are 3 greys that stay near 712/716

FALL 2007 WE CUT THE MULBERRY TREE FROM IN FRONT OF 724.

WE PURCHASED 3 RECYCLED TIRE HOMES FOR THE SQUIRRELS DE TO HABITAT DISTRUCTION.

THEY ARE DOING FINE.

KEEBLERS KORNER:

KEEBLER MAKES HER DEBUT IN THE DAILY NEWS

SEPT, 16 2008

Feral, orphaned and stray animals find new homes, get neutered or spayed.

Keeblers Kitty Korner...Where a Chiwawa Mom finds love and milk for many orphaned kittens...

Update, Keebler just produced milk for crying human baby that just moved in to Rohr Place homes. She let the cats have it.

Litter of 4 (2 Female 2Male)  Flash, Sky and Igilo as babies after mother cat was hit by car. She is still alive but could not take care of this litter with her injuries. We bottle fed them until Keebler made milk for them ( Rusty is hiding under Keebler)

 ..

 4 size cats

Now they are Grown and Females Spayed, Males are neutered.

Litter of 5 (2 Female 3 Males)  photos missing

2 females spayed 1 adopted except Baby Face.

Baby face is a great girl, she eats anything and waits outside of whatever yard Dotti is for her to return.

Ice Cream Man took 2 Males 1orange 1stripe

the orange he kept but the neighbors wanted him so bad he came back and got a stripe for them.

Deli Man  1 Male

Plasterer Lady I Female Orange

Litter of 6 (5 Female 1 Male) orange one missing in photo

Snowy (white) was adopted by a Piano Teacher (Rose)

He is spoiled terribly and has celebrated his 1st birthday. He just travelled to N. Carolina for a vacation where he met with his "cousin" and had a great time.

Lady II (orange) was adopted by a Plasterer at Sals Job who adopted Lady I

Streak went to a Deli owner and is getting fat

Frick & Frack (stripes) went to Trinity Baptist where they are living together with children to love them.

Calm (stripes) went to Archie and Lori (Lori is in a wheelchair and has taught "baby" how to fetch things for her) They visit on Fourth of July

KrazyKat went to Juice Bar Store owner.

This is the latest Litter 0f 4 /only 3 survived from a young cat that had them during a Hurricane in a mud puddle....

Snowy & Calm, with cousins...Phantom, Sonar and Felix        Phanthom

Congratulations Mama Cat was finally spayed...Oct.2006

now we only have the Black & White Mom, the new black angora and the Cats on Wenner to worry about

The wild Feral Males have been relocated to 2 farms to hunt mice: 

Lucifer

BumKat (alias Crackhead) father of most litters in area...

ScaryKat

Halloween

Freaky

Wild Stripe

UPDATE AS OF 10/30/06

Today Felix  (Black & white) went to Beauty Parlour owner

That leaves only Phantom and Sonar  (Black & white)

Nov, 3 Snowy, Igiloo and Rusty were neutered

Nov. 6 Rusty showed signs of being sick, appointment at 7pm

Rusty was meowing to leave cage...let out and now cannot be found

Sky is showing signs of sickness...brought in to Rustys appointment, 105 fever, antibiotics, quaranteened for 3 weeks, better now.

Still no sight of Rusty...must have crawled up some where to die.

Jan. still no sign of rusty or his body.

2008 never found Rusty

Snowy's Mom (Dolly Piano) dropped him off for 2 days to be brought in for neutering...he was not very happy but Igiloo and Rusty took it much better.

  Dolly

Dad (Bugsey) in Dottis arms "YorkiePoo"

Left to right ( Wendy, Pixie, Keebler "Chiwawa", Clyde, Bonnie, Dolly ) "YorkiPooChi's"

Clyde in basket, White Bonnie, Brown Wendy, Brown & white Keebler, Black & white Dolly, Pixie has her shirt on.

New toys.....

"Yorkie Poo Chi's"  Yorkshire Terrier, Poodle & Chiwawa Mix.

In Memory of "LUCKY"

ABANDONED IN THE STREET LUCKY CAME TO US FROM A FISHERMAN IN FERRY POINT WHO HAD TRIED TO KEEP HIM IN HIS APARTMENT BUT COULD NOT HANDLE SUCH A BIG ACTIVE DOG. LUCKY SPENT 12 YEARS WITH US, HE WAS A REALLY NICE DOG.THE VET TREATED HIM BUT SAID HE WAS DIEING OF OLD AGE (LIVER FAILURE).

 Jacky Rabbit                                                                         Nikki Guinea Pig

 Dotti's Garden is a delight to visit...give her a call in June/July for a peek.

"Rusty" Keeblers adopted grown kitten checking out Goldfish

(Rusty was poisoned in 2007)

Catherines Front Garden