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Animal Lovers Help Stray Cats In Hampton Bays

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The finished product. COURTESY THERESA MARITATO

The finished product. COURTESY THERESA MARITATO

Members of the Animal Lovers Club show off the stray cat shelters made from Rubbermaid bins

Members of the Animal Lovers Club show off the stray cat shelters made from Rubbermaid bins

styrofoam

styrofoam

and hay. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON ANIMAL SHELTER

and hay. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON ANIMAL SHELTER

Morris Hughes. COURTESY NANCY HUGHES

Morris Hughes. COURTESY NANCY HUGHES

Ryan Hughes and Scott Robinson show off the finished cat shelter. COURTESY NANCY HUGHES.

Ryan Hughes and Scott Robinson show off the finished cat shelter. COURTESY NANCY HUGHES.

Members of the Animal Lovers Club show off the stray cat shelters made from Rubbermaid bins

Members of the Animal Lovers Club show off the stray cat shelters made from Rubbermaid bins

authorValerie Gordon on Nov 3, 2017
Ryan Hughes has loved cats all his life, starting as an infant when he would observe his mother, Nancy, feed feral cats outside their home in Hampton Bays.But it wasn’t... more

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