Shelter Kitten – Fog
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 to spot, from the ground or from the air.
So, Fog needs to be an always-indoor kitten. Of course, anyone who adopts Fog should have intended that already. After all, this kitten is pure elegance and sophistication on four dainty paws. Fog is meant to be pampered.
In return, Fog will both decorate and add love to a home. Fog’s vulnerable, but she isn’t weak when it comes to loving.
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At times, when he was even tinier than he is now, Eugene, who wears an appealing kitten-beard on his white face, must have felt as though he was a little too loved. The four-month-old, neutered kitten was born into a family with children. He learned to expect and welcome lots of attention, lots of well-intended handling.
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.
Homeless pets must wonder what they did wrong, how they could have misunderstood the rules. The fact is, they didn’t fail or misunderstand. Their people unfairly ignored the rules.
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 left her humans.
The famous cat, Garfield, insisted he wasn’t fat. He was fluffy. Kalvin, a handsome, but no-longer-loved fellow could say the same thing. But in Kalvin’s case it’s true. He’s very small, weighing only seven pounds, under lots of gorgeous fluff, or, at least, fluff that would be gorgeous, if the neutered fellow had an easier life.
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 he is.
When Shaggy realized that he and his sister were trapped in a box, he probably didn’t worry. Shaggy trusted his calico sister, Sienna, to lead him out of trouble. The gold and white little boy isn’t quite as brave as his sister. Of course, calicos are known for their “cattitude”. Golden cats are known for their mellowness and cuddling.
Things happen to animals that make kinder people wonder what the perpetrators were thinking? Or whether they have a heart? The people who delivered Sienna, an eight-week-old kitten with a vibrant color and personality, to the shelter said that someone had dropped Sienna and her brother, Shaggy, on a driveway, taped in a box.
Ivan, with his satellite-dish ears and habit of leaning against the leg of someone he trusts, may not show his Rin Tin Tin tendencies right now. But very few shelter pups do. Eleven-month-old Ivan would be foolish not to feel insecure. The German Shepherd-mix pup is intelligent and observant. Ivan knows that he’s part of a pack of rejects.
When a law enforcement officer asks for help from the shelter staff, it can be very serious. Situations don’t get much more serious than Marley’s was. Read Marley’s story and learn more about how you can help this sweet dog’s recovery efforts.
Dramatic cases of animal injury and recovery are common at the Grant County Friends of the Animal Shelter and Castle is no exception. We encourage you to read Castle’s story and learn more about how you can help this resilient cat’s recovery efforts.
