Book request: Looking for a children’s/ya animal rescue fiction series from around the 2000’s. The first two books involved a feral cat colony and a puppy mill respectively. I don’t recall for certain, but I believe the cat colony book was the first.I particularly recall that in the cat colony book the colony was in danger of being destroyed due to fears of rabies. In the climax, one of the feral cats defends the child (girl?) protagonist from a rabid racoon. The colony is then properly cared fir through trap and release.I don’t recall much about the puppy mill book, other than that the dogs were rescued in the end and the mill was shut down.It was available at Scholastic book fairs (which is where I got mine) and had photos of cute animals on the front.

Matching book description: Each of these exciting stories, told in the voice of one of the 11-year-old volunteers at the Wild at Heart Animal Clinic, offers a first-hand account of animal emergencies and rescues. This series is sure to win the hearts of readers who are wild about animals!The clinic is swamped with sick and abused puppies. Maggie suspects they've come from an illegal puppy mill, and  Each of these exciting stories, told in the voice of one of the 11-year-old volunteers at the Wild at Heart Animal Clinic, offers a first-hand account of animal emergencies and rescues. This series is sure to win the hearts of readers who are wild about animals!The clinic is swamped with sick and abused puppies. Maggie suspects they've come from an illegal puppy mill, and she's determined to find it and shut it down. But Gran has too many other things to worry about -- like Maggie's grades and a new houseguest, Zoe. Can Maggie find the puppy mill on her own? ...more