Home for Every Cat or Kitten
Please adopt kittens from shelters. And once a kitten becomes part of your family, be sure to spay or neuter your furry friend. Sadly, overpopulation leads to euthanasia for too many abandoned pets.
We have rescued and/or fostered a lot of cats and kittens.
In California, we rescued kittens a few times. Sadly, people abandon pets along country roads. We worked to place them with a local pet store. One, Olivia, found a home with one of Susan’s coworkers.
Our beloved Mimi and Jordan were born to a mother cat rescued from a school parking lot where Scott was teaching. Our “Three Amigos” of California were born outside our apartment, in the shrubs below our bedroom windows. Pumpkin Kitty had been left behind by his family in the same aparment complex. Simba kitty, too, had been abandoned.
Every cat we have brought into our family needed us. But, we cannot offer a home to every cat, no matter how much we might wish to do so. It’s not best for cats (or dogs) to be in crowded houses. That means we have to help cats and kittens find other homes.
Humans are responsible for unwanted animals, from the abandoned former pets to the animals born feral. Animals don’t choose to be homeless. They deserve much better.
We didn’t have stray cats in Minneapolis, which shouldn’t surprise anyone. The long cold winters probably reduce the feral cat and dog populations. There were, however, bunnies. It was nice not to feel compelled to save any cats for several years. For those years, we provided a good home for little pride.
After moving to Pennsylvania, we saw a few kittens and cats in the country, but we didn’t know how bad the problem was until we discovered several cat rescue organizations. We helped care for cat colonies and fostered several cats before they went off to their new, hopefully loving, homes.
To Colby and Fawkes, Faith and Charity, we hope you found great homes.