Felis catus noyo – subspecies of domestic cats specific to the Noyo Harbor of Fort Bragg, California.

This is how Cate starts her rescue story. She explains, “These cats generally have black and white or gray and white “tuxedo” markings and reside along Fort Bragg’s Noyo River. It is common to see them in the Noyo Harbor around the fisheries, but some appear to have migrated into the town of Fort Bragg and up the river. Several are regularly sighted in the vicinity of the river otters’ dens and shoreline tunnels. It is theorized that they have a symbiotic relationship with the river otters of the Noyo River”.

Cate goes on to explain that she and her friend Amy were kayaking up the Noyo River and discovered a Noyo Harbor Cat stranded on a log in the river. “She was damp and shivering uncomfortably on the log. We figured that she must have lost her balance and fell down the steep bank.”

Cate, the animal lover she is, of course rescues the Noyo Harbor cat… check out her Woman on Water blog to see how…