Feline Rescue

I’ve been volunteering with a cat rescue shelter for over a year. It’s the same shelter I adopted Diego-San, Thompson and Theo from. I don’t actually volunteer at the shelter but screen applicants who are interested in a cat living in a foster home. 

My latest assignment is Koi. I’ve screened about a half a dozen applicants but all have decided Koi wasn’t the right cat for them. He has a biting history that began when his original home added another cat, a dog and a couple of kids. One of the kids yanked his tail and his behavior became much more aggressive ever since. He also has feline herpes (Theo suffered from that as well) which is contagious to other cats. Diego-San and Thompson both suffered from the respiratory virus but Alias and Norma never have.

The latest applicants are a married couple who lost one of their cats a few months ago to cancer. They felt the remaining cat would do better with another cat in the home. They visited Koi yesterday and the visit went well. They are going to adopt him!