Every year merchants and citizens of Hudson, NY, hold their Winter Walk, the annual hip street festival that kick-starts the holiday season. It is always celebrated on the first Saturday in December. This year was the 12th annual Walk, and the weather, though cold and breezy, did not stop revelers from attending this festive holiday celebration. Some wore period costumes and others wore reindeer antlers or Santa hats. Hudson's main street, Warren St., was closed to traffic and the shops were open, offering cider, cookies, cheeses and even Champagne from 4 to 8 PM. Music and entertainment were at every corner.

Animalkind, at 721 Warren St., participated in the holiday fun and invited all comers to meet the cats and kittens. The place was decorated with lights and a tree or two, and the cats seemed to enjoy the unusual crowd of visitors pouring through.

Waiting to start ....	Practicing their routines...
Ready for Santa (or better still, their forever home)	Last year's toys...
TV is boring this night ...	A big crowd showed
Have you been naughty, or nice?	Seasons Greetings...
Come on, Little Kitty	More crowds!
Watching the kitties...	The place got full...
"When will this walk *ever* end?"	Again, more crowd...
The kitties seemed to enjoy the visitors...	A big cat for a little girl...

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Animalkind Inc.is a not-for-profit welfare, protection, rescue, rights organization dedicated to the  compassionate care and humane population control of abandoned, feral and stray cats in Hudson, New York (Columbia County) and the surrounding area.  We promote non-lethal  prevention of an unwanted litter or litters of kittens through trap, spay, neuter, release (return), (tnr, TNR).  An altered cat or kitten is released into a managed colony. Felines living in such colonies are assured kind daily care.  Adoption to  homes providing love and care for cats and kittens is encouraged.   We also provide low or no cost spaying and neutering assistance to low income pet owners and help increase public awareness and education through the media, special events, and publications to promote compassion, respect, and kindness towards all animals.  (d-26)

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