#cat-rescue

#cat-rescue

Gemma Boyd grew up with cats in Long Beach but never imagined that cat welfare would become her life's work. But in 1997, three lost little kittens inspired her to eventually lead Community Concern for Cats, a Walnut Creek-based nonprofit that rescues homeless felines, who are at risk of starvation, disease and reproducing exponentially. While running a courier business in Pleasant Hill, Boyd heard about three kittens crossing a major thoroughfare and went searching.

The deputy estimated there were at least 20 cats in distress in the van, but when county animal control officers arrived, they found 106 "extremely emaciated" cats inside.