Captain Jack                        Born 7/20/03

Surely you’ve seen the famous black velvet print of “Dogs Playing Poker”. Well, it’s a little-known fact that cats are actually much better poker players than dogs (most dogs start drooling when they get a good hand). Late at night, when no one’s around, the cards come out at the sanctuary. And when it’s Captain Jack’s turn to deal, everyone knows what the game will be... "One-eyed Jacks are wild”, of course!

 

  
This one-eyed Jack isn’t wild any more, though. He had been living well at a local feral colony. But then one day he showed up with a badly injured eye, and at the vet’s office they also found that he now had both feline leukemia and FIV. Shadow Cats stepped in and opened their arms and hearts to him. Hardly any place will take on a cat with all those problems, and of course we don’t have room to take them all. But for the lucky ones like Captain Jack, life gets a whole lot better. He lived in Cookie’s Place for several years, but when several other strong young male cats joined us, he started fighting with them to assert his authority. The fights got worse, so now he stays in his own private section of the Outback. He can still see his pals through the fence, and gets along fine with everyone at a distance. And, of course, he’s still the reigning poker champ.  ;o)