Maybe Oreo’s people fell in love with the barely-more-than-a-kitten cat. Maybe they didn’t think about the fact that they rented. Maybe they thought that Oreo was so little, so quiet, and so sweet that the no-pets rule wouldn’t apply. Maybe they knew that they could always get rid of Oreo if necessary. Of course, Oreo […]

Four-month-old, frost-colored Fog fades into the soft white background of her photo.  But little Fog, who’s spayed, wouldn’t do so well at fading into an outdoor background.  That could cost Fog her life if she tried to survive outside.  White animals are rare because it isn’t a safe color to wear.  They’re easier for predators […]

Eleven-month-old Scout is a medium-sized boy who just wants to have fun.  That shows in the cute, white and bronze, neutered, housebroken, curled-tail-wagging pup’s expressive ears.  When Scout sees someone who might play or go for a walk, those ears go up in excited anticipation, a lot like airplane flaps. And Scout considers every human, […]

Sugar’s people must have had to push hard and harshly to get her away from their car.  Sugar’s only goal is to be close to someone, to touch a friend and be petted.  She must have been held and loved as a kitten, because Sugar prefers people over her own kind.  Sugar wouldn’t have voluntarily […]

Droger hopes that someone remembers what it feels like to be the last one chosen for the ball team.  The alert, hopeful, eight-week-old tabby is the tiny leftover.  Droger doesn’t know where his littermates went.  He only knows that other kittens relegated to the shelter came with sisters or brothers.  They aren’t as alone as […]