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Cost of Adoption:  $75 cat | $100 dog

The Life of a Cat

by Michael M. Middleton, who adopted Blackie in 2012

To live the life of a cat
would well be worth
the few years given.
A life of true freedom,
at peace with oneself,
is a life that’s worth the livin’!
To live each moment in wonder…
like a child
the world to see;
to simply play and to run
or lounge in the sun;
that seems like a good deal to me.

CFA Helps Cat Left Behind During a Move

Hi, my name is Freya.  I am the cat that accidently got left behind outdoors at my old house when my sister and my family drove from Olympia to Oklahoma.  The neighbors and landlord tricked me into a metal cage to catch me cause I was hiding under the porch too scared to let them touch me.   I have decided that I do not want to be an outdoor cat again any time soon.

I am staying with JoAnne at the CFA "office" while I wait for my airplane ride on Saturday, July 6. The phone rings and rings at the CFA Office...making it hard for a cat to sleep.   My nerves are calming down and I am feeling better and more friendly to JoAnne.  She says today I go to Yelm Vet and get a check up, my health certificate and a Rabies vaccination so I can leave Washington. Then on Saturday, she will drive me to the cargo area at Sea-Tac airport and I will go on an airplane(?) to Denver then to my mom in Oklahoma. 

Wow, what a CRAZY 4 weeks I have had.   It is not bad here but I wish those big, brown things would stop barking and looking at me and JoAnne would start doing EVERYTHING I keep telling her to do!   I am not being treated like the Princess I am and somebody needs to let me out of this big metal room so I can go find a HUMAN bed to sleep on.  Oh well, better safe here than back outdoors under that porch.

Successful Adoption Stories

Four Socks: In December 2011, my cat Molly began to get sick, and, due to liver failure, I had to put her down in January 2012.  That was a very hard thing to do.  I wasn’t ready to get another cat right away, so I waited a few months.  Around late March or early April of 2012, I had been trying to find a female tuxedo kitten to adopt.  I tried all avenues I knew about, Craigslist, PetFinder, etc.  None of these options worked out for me.  I had contacted JoAnne from Concern for Animals the first part of April, and explained to her what I wanted.  She told me that she had a cat named Blackie who just had kittens and some were female tuxedo kittens.  She sent me photos via e-mail, and I fell in love with the one she had named 4 Socks. 

I went to meet her at the CFA house when the kittens were about 3-4 weeks old, and definitely knew that I wanted to adopt 4 Socks.  I brought her home on May 12, 2012, and have enjoyed having her ever since.  I re-named her Amelia.  She is such a beautiful cat, and very playful.  I found it interesting that she was born May 22nd, and my cat Molly, that I had lost in January, was born on March 23rd, just different years.  Amelia has some of the traits that Molly had, but she also has her own personality.  I am glad I was able to adopt Amelia, as she has been the perfect cat for me.  My other cat Mittens has adapted to her well. 

I am glad Concern for Animals is there to help the animals that need a home, and encourage everyone to support them in whatever manner you can, whether it be financial, time volunteering, or fostering animals until they get their forever home.  They are a great organization.  - Brenda Taylor