ELAINE WEIL, Executive Director

Elaine with Fred, just one of her many, many rescued cats.
Profession: Business Owner, Cumberland Pet-Sitting Service, (1995- current) with over 300 clients
Education:
Bachelor
of Science in Biology,
Related Experience:
over 20 years of volunteer experience in animal welfare
awarded
the Youth Award from the Humane Society of the
Fur Kids:
Phillie, tortoiseshell
and white DSH, 5 months, heard some crying out in the woods one evening and
all my cats were gathered at the back corner of the fence, feral cats often
howl, but this was different, I walked out back and this darling little 3
month kitten popped out and wound around my ankles
Spezi, black and
white DSH, 12 years old, adopted from litter while I was stationed in
Chamois, black
and white DSH, 12 years old, brother to Spezi, blind in one eye, was runt of
litter so I had to have him
Curly, black and
white domestic brush coat, rescued from neglectful situation, but not before
she had 5 kittens, all rescued, kept Bobbie and Jamie, turned in 3 to
adoption clinic in
Kiwi, black and
white DSH, 5 years old, he found me when I picked up his dead brother, hit
by car on the road near my house, I was going to have husband bury the
kitten, when Kiwi ran out of woods and ran up my leg and cuddled in my neck,
he was slightly injured, 5 yrs
Cabbie, tabby
calico DSH, another neighborhood rescue, scraggly mother cat, wandering
around 3 houses up, in the street, would come when I called her, took her in
Phannie,
tortoiseshell and white DSH, neighborhood stray, when Fred still wandered
around outside, he found her as a kitten, she took a few weeks before we
could coax her in, 7 yrs
Bailey, Red and
white DLH, 8 yrs, turned into the HS by some very undedicated owners, Bailey
is a particular cat and was then adopted by the wrong family and returned
again because he nipped a child, well Bailey nips all he wants now and loves
to lounge
Bunnie, Grey
brown mackerel tabby with white markings, DSH, 4 yrs, client started feeding
her and her sister outside when they were a few months old, but wouldn’t
take the responsibility of getting her spayed, sister got a home in the
neighborhood, so I took her, she is my kitchen cat, and hangs out in the
kitchen with her on bowls on the stove, and bed and litter box on the
washer/dryer
Minnie, Bluegrey
tabby DSH, 1, stray kitten in the back woods, her brother is still out there
wild as they come, took several months to capture her
Willie Mae,
tortoiseshell bobtail DSH, 3, found in our woods behind the house, took a
couple of months of feeding to get her in, she was already spayed, she is my
office cat
Piccadilly,
brown classic tabby DSH.10, kitten to Daddy Cat and Momma, two stray cats we
rescued 10 years ago, Daddy cat died less than a year later of feline
leukemia, Momma Cat died last year at 10 of liver failure, Pic was part of
one of the litters Momma had before we captured her and spayed her, the
other kittens were placed in adoption agency