Stray animals are crossing our path at the rate of 10 a month since we moved out of the hotel. This is bad news.

Before the stray cat made our garage into a maternity suite (pictures of the kittens to follow), the dog that lives full-time in the park around the corner gave birth to 5 or 6 puppies when the nighttime temps were in the 40s. A woman in the neighborhood took in the mother & pups, but now the mother is outside full-time again. We don't know if she's still nursing, but she's skinnier than ever.

While picking up some colleagues at the Hilton this week, I found a kitten has moved into some bushes at the hotel that are next to the 10-lane road. It doesn't have anything to eat or drink, and I don't think that the hotel staff are going to take care of it.

What to do? Last month, pre-puppies, we were thinking of a way to get the momma dog off the streets and into our house. Now with 3 kittens that need to be situated, we're wondering whether the pace is going to let up during the rest of our time here...

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