Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Free Adoption Days: today and tomorrow.

Today and tomorrow, PetSmart is hosting their Free Adoption Days, on which pet adoption fees are waved for qualified applicants (ie, you have a pulse, a home, understand how not to starve an animal to death, and seem even halfway-corporeal, because we have way too many animals in need of homes). The PetSmart near me, in Concord, California, currently has some absolutely beautiful cats looking for their forever homes. One, Regent, is terrified enough to be hiding in his litter box. Another, Junebug, has already had her adoption fee reduced twice, but as an all-black cat, her odds aren't great.

Cats wind up in shelters for a lot of reasons, and very few of them are "because s/he was a bad cat." People lose their jobs, or move away and don't take their pets. Kids leave for college. People die. People lose the wherewithal to feed themselves, much less an extra, meowing mouth. And in all of these cases the cats, who have no idea what's going on, wind up suffering for it.

Amazing cats come from shelters. Adult cats who don't need to be trained; kittens who have all the world in front of them. Cats whose personalities are already plain when you meet them, making it so much easier to find the right cat for you. Cats who need you.

I've been very upfront about why none of my current cats are from shelters, and why my lifestyle and emotional needs are better met by reputable breeders. But if you don't fall into this category, and feel that there might be a cat-shaped hole in your life, go and take a look at your local shelter.

This post brought to you by the California Dammit Why Can't I Take Junebug Home Oh Yeah Alice Would Kill Her To Death Committee.
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the_sheryl

June 10 2012, 00:19:53 UTC 5 years ago

Our two nutballs(that's Luna, the scaredy cat in the icon)came from the local animal welfare league via an adoption event at our nearby PetSmart. Boots(the orange tabby you may have met when you stayed at our house before Conterpoint) had passed on a few months earlier, and we decided we need kitties. I don't think we could deal with more than two, or else we'd be back at the PetSmart for more.

gorgeousgary

June 10 2012, 14:43:46 UTC 5 years ago

And here's Luna's silly sister Nova. (Currently asleep on the sofa in our computer room.)

One of the reasons we were attracted to these particular kitties is that they were part of a litter of seven kittens found on a farm whose foster mom had given them celestial names. In addition to Nova and Luna, there were Orbit, Doppler, Cosmos, Starla, and Zora. So one can claim we were destined to adopt kitties from that particular clan.