As if rescue groups didn’t have enough to deal with – now add robbery to the list. Last night, Elaine Lyford-Nojima, head of the East Bay Maine Coon Adoptions, was robbed while she was trying to rescue a dog running in traffic in downtown Oakland. While she was returning home – not surprisingly with a cat in the car – Lyford-Nojima saw the dog dodging traffic. She didn’t waste a minute. She pulled over to the side of the road, grabbed her car keys, and raced out to try and catch the dog before a car hit it.
Despite her attempts to rescue the little dog, she was unsuccessful. But that wasn’t all. With the dog’s safety her most pressing concern, Lyford-Nojima had forgotten to lock her car. On returning to the vehicle, she found she had been robbed. Not only did the thieves get her money and credit cards, they got valuable supplies for the cats. They took a microchip scanner, medicines and a camera used for adoption photos. Fortunately, the rescued cat Lyford-Nojima had with her was unharmed. The total cost of all the cat supplies exceeds $500.
Elaine Lyford-Nojima and her group work tirelessly to save cats – and now you can see, dogs too. If you’d like to help Maine Coon Adoptions with a contribution to replace the lost items, you can make a donation at the organization’s website at www.mainecoonadoptions.com/.
