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FOUR YEARS OF DEVOTED CARE COMES TO AN END With great sadness, Cruz Azul Murcia announced the loss of their founder member and Vice President, Sue Thomason. Sue had known she had cancer for some months and knew she would not survive it. But she was a determined lady who worked stoically until her very last days, putting her all into saving the animals she loved. Sue joined Lyn Baines in July 2013 to form the charity Cruz Azul, whose aims were to help people on reduced or low incomes to care for their pets and to promote responsible pet ownership in the Murcia region. During those four years, Cruz Azul also developed their ‘trap, neuter and return’ program for feral cats. Sue was instrumental in helping local urbanizations reduce their feral cat colonies by giving not only her experience, but also providing