The face of heartbreak: Cat at NC shelter may only have a few days to find a new home
UPDATE May 2, 2018 ADOPTED! I’ll be writing an update Thursday night.
This is the face of heartbreak. Once this sad-eyed kitty becomes available at a North Carolina shelter, he may only have a few days to find a home before being killed. People are upset, to say the least. We can help by sharing his story.
photo Rowan County Animal Shelter
This is Hercules, a male turned in as a stray and posted April 27 to the Facebook page for Rowan County Animal Shelter in Salisbury. Since he’s a stray, the shelter must give his owner time to claim him. If not, Hercules will go up for adoption May 2. He can be killed anytime after May 4.
His information on the shelter’s Facebook page states
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A112325 Hercules
Stray Male 28147
Available 5/2/2018
Last day 5/4/2018
Shelter information is listed following this article. Please share him for rescue or adoption before his time runs out. His thread is here. There are a lot of interesting comments and people really do want to save this boy without fighting too much.
General Information
Rowan County Animal Shelter
1465 Julian Rd. Salisbury, NC 28146
(704) 216-7768
KENNEL & ADOPTION HOURS:
Mon-Fri 11am-4:00pm and Sat 8:30am-3:00pm
OFFICE HOURS:
Mon-Fri 11:30am-4:30pm and Sat 8:30am-3:30pm
ANIMAL ADOPTION FEES:
$80 is the adoption fee for any animal, unless it was already spayed or neutered on intake at the Shelter. If already fixed, the animal is $15. This fee is a down payment toward the spay/neuter procedure at the vet of your choice and includes bordetella vaccine, rabies vaccine, 5 in 1 vaccine for dogs, 3 in 1 vaccine for cats, deworming and microchipping. Contact the Shelter directly for more information.
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Hercules is scheduled to be picked up Wednesday.
He will travel to Baltimore to his forever home. Paws crossed there will be no glitches. Will update when he’s is out of the building.
Beautiful news. Thanks Kit. He’s the sort of cat I am drawn to.
Yes, Michael! I think his expression has touched many. The woman from MD, Lisa, filled out the application form first thing this morning and now is just waiting approval. There are others showing interest as well. I hope Lisa is approved. She’s been the first willing to save his life. And, drive a distance to do so! ???
ADOPTED!! It’s official!
Brilliant. You’re a sweet lady. Thanks for the news. I’ll have to make it an article.
Freedom ride Pic #1
Freedom Ride Pic #2. (I hope these files aren’t too large. ?)
The files were huge! 3 megabytes. They still uploaded which is good because I have included them in the updating article. Thanks a lot for sharing the news.
Oh my!! So sorry, Michael!! I think I can send smaller, next time. I’m abit of a dolt when it comes to photo files sizes! ??
Sent from my iPhone
No problems. It worked and the pics are great as is the happy ending.
Today is National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day here. Prayers for them both.
We are praying HARD for Hercules, and all the homeless out there… Please God, please…. Save Hercules, and give him his furever home, with a loving family for him.. Please God.. please… *sigh* .. Sharing this,.. *sigh*.. i know a couple people that live in N.C. Please God, please Save Hercules.. please..!!
Dennis, I love your sweet, tender and caring comment. I am praying.
He has been saved! Adopted – it’s official.
What a very sad story. I’m sure that there are many other cats with a similar story to tell. What a very sad story. And cats do have expressions as evidenced by Hercules.
There are so many cats with sad stories, every single day. Hopefully this story will get the word out there about Hercules and he will get adopted. There is another great cat there named Butterball that also needs to be adopted as well.
Thanks Kellie. I’ll check out Butterball.
Kellie, I have found his picture. Can you tell me about Butterball? Why have you singled him out and described him as great?
I wrote about him:
https://pictures-of-cats.org/heres-butterball-his-last-day-is-5-july-2018.html
His last day is actually May 7th. It’s the American Dating System.
Handsome fellow.
Here’s the screenshot.
Today is National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day here. Prayers for them both.
I’m waiting for Michael to do a correction then I’ll start sharing it.
Michael, you posted the wrong date for Butterball. I emailed you and PM’d you on Facebook about it. Dates are the opposite here than in the UK.
Sorry Elisa I got really careless there. Tired. I know the US dating format. Just screwed up. Let my guard down. I have corrected it.