Shanghai Kittens Update

Joker is doing splendidly. He’s gained weight, has been bathed and treated for fleas, and has made friends with the staff at the vet clinic. The tech told me that he “is very lovely” and that they “all love him”. So far, people on the internet (via Tumblr, mainly) have donated $300 USD to help get the cats home. The interesting part about this bizarre quest is that all of the money has come from strangers. Only one family member has donated money, while all of my sorority sisters, my parents’ acquaintances, and others have not contributed at all while telling us that we’re crazy for doing this. All kinds of people from every corner of the world are willing to help these cats. I’ve received donations from young anime fans from as far away as Lithuania, who are giving $20 from each paycheck from their after-school jobs; a teacher in the Philippines; a biker; and so many others. It’s amazing that the internet can bring all these people together to help four baby cats.

Via: Oh, murdering

I knew those sorority sisters are self-centered.

A biker?

She has gotten more problems since then.

Here is the issue right now. Kittens cannot receive a certificate of health from the Chinese government until they have been vaccinated against rabies. Rabies vaccines cannot be given to kittens until they are at least 3 months old. They must be certified 30 days before leaving the country. Therefore, at this point in time, there is no possibility that Joker and the other cat will be leaving the country with me when I leave on August 14.

However, I am not giving up. I am researching the cost of a transportation service who would take care of all these necessities for me, including transporting them to and from the government vet and where he is currently boarded, taking them to the airport for shipment, and providing kennel(s) for their transport.

It’s expensive. But again, Lau is my responsibility. I’m not going to abandon him in China after all of this. He has someone in the US who is waiting to bring him home and love the fur off of him, and I’m going to get him there one way or another.

As of today(7/30/2011), the donation has reached $600. However since she will not be with cats when they will be transported, price has bumped up significantly.

"The price of DTP origin service for two cats to be shipped via cargo from Shanghai to DEN, Denver, US is RMB23,112.00. This rate includes:

1. 900.00 for two #1 flight crates with water-dispenser, food bowl and cushion, whose size is 60 x 39 x 40cm (two pets must be in two crates.)

2. 1000.00 for Vaccination and Microchip Implantation (500.00 per cat)

3. 500.00 for Vaccination service

4. 920.00 for export health certificate by the official (460.00 per cat)

5. 500.00 for health check service

6. 1600.00 for Customs declaration sheet (800.00 per cat)

7. 1800.00 for Customs clearance

8. 1800.00 for export service on the departure date

9. 2000.00 for Handling fee by the agent

10. 12092.00 for airfreight from Shanghai to DEN by CO

USD Price: $3586.48

Holy shit. I better donate more By the way, you can use credit card to donate through paypal even if you don't have paypal account

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