Adopting rescue cats and dogs from Pets At Home (a major pet store chain, UK)

Is it good or bad to adopt a rescue cat from a well-established, large, national pet store chain that has warehouse-sized facilities in retail parks across the UK? Pets at Home have gone into partnership with major animal charities such as the RSPCA, Battersea Dogs And Cats Home and Cats Protection. People have different …

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My Extraordinary Relationship with a Stray Black Cat

I think stray cats are generally misunderstood felines, often confused with ferals. And while stray cats can often be mysterious, I think of them as kitties that need extra special care. Since most cats will instantly weave their way into the hearts of passionate cat lovers, upon encountering a stray kitty many of us …

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Beautiful Cats Protection cats for adoption

Here are just three cats for adoption at Cats Protection. They are beautiful looking cats. You can sponsor them for £6 a month. The point I’d like to make is that the unwanted shelter cat is often a very attractive cat. A lot of people choose a cat on appearance. OK, far enough but …

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Adopting a cat using social media

I’ve titled this because I’d like to share my experiences on adopting a cat using social media. Not only will this include Facebook, but any social media that offers cats using Petfinder, Craigslist or your local online newspaper. While I don’t approve of Craigslist because of the danger of meeting a real wacko, a …

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Adopting a rescue cat that is 3,000 miles away

Is it practical and sensible to adopt a rescue cat, which by chance, is 3,000 miles from where you live? Is it a folly to try to do this or is it heroic? An heroic effort to adopt an unwanted cat at any cost, almost. What an effort! How commonplace is this in America? …

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Adopting an adult cat compared to a kitten

The advantages of adopting an adult cat are listed below together with the pluses and minuses of adopting kittens and adult cats. I think that you will find that there are slightly more pluses/positives for the adult cat compared to the kitten but I leave it to individual visitors to decide for themselves. If …

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Receive $300 when you adopt this cat (Vincent)

You’ll receive $300 (USD) as a gift if and when you adopt this declawed cat whose name is Vincent. Update: please see comments. The amount is now $600! You should live within 300 miles of New Orleans, LA as he is in a shelter in New Orleans and they will make no adoption fee …

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How important is it to meet a cat before adopting him?

I use “him” to mean him or her. I can never write “it” because it feels wrong to me. OK, what is the big deal about meeting the cat you want to adopt before adopting? This is a follow up to Elisa’s article on cat adoptions at a distance, meaning people adopting cats from …

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