If you adopted your cat from a shelter, how did they tell you that they were the right cat for you?

Selecting a shelter cat

There is such a high degree of variability in the behaviour of shelter cats and their potential adopters that there is no one single sign or M.O. which represents all the encounters. This is my thought about this topic. I have skimmed some stories and I can’t really see a pattern. It is surely …

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Video: POV-what a senior cat at a shelter sees and hears as adopters walk by

Ginger tabby senior cat in a shelter cage watching out as potential adopters reject him

This is a TikTok video from photographer Albert Harris. It’s a neat idea. He has put a small video camera in an animal shelter cage with an elderly ginger tabby cat. You see potential adopters walking by looking at the particulars on the clipboard attached to the front of the cage. It looks set …

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This woman adopted this 20-year-old cat from a shelter because she didn’t want him to spend the end of his life alone in a cage

This woman adopted this 20-year-old cat from a shelter because she didn't want him to spend the end of his life alone in a cage

I have taken the words in the title direct from the Reddit user who posted the photo because they are excellent. And the attitude of the woman is excellent. The photograph captures the moment beautifully and so it’s excellent too. I’ve seen this type of human behaviour a few times over 14 years. In …

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Impulsive senior shelter cat adoption before Ed Sheeran concert proved irresistible

Couple Tiffany McClure her husband David arrived at the Ed Sheeran concert in Chicago early. They had planned a meal beforehand but in order to kill some time decided to pop into Chicago’s Anti-Cruelty Society which is described as a ‘comprehensive animal welfare organisation whose mission is to build a community of caring by …

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Senior cat brought to SPCA after owner passed away is 21 years old! And she’s been adopted!

senior cat

When a senior cat was recently brought to the New Hampshire SPCA after her owner passed away, the shelter knew they needed to find a home for this beauty right away. It turns out the kitty was much older than first thought, which made finding a new home that much more urgent. A Facebook …

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Dori: No one stepped up to save this 12-year-old cat who was found emaciated in a trailer park

cat with stomatitis

A Reader’s Forum story by Cortney Rynex Posted March 3, 2019 In January the SPCA posted an urgent “12-year-old” cat who was found emaciated in a trailer park and had stomatitis. No rescue would take her, even after they did a full mouth extraction (FME) but she started doing better and a few days …

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