Her people didn’t let Anchovy know that she was an inconvenience, someone who couldn’t stay in the place she believed was her home. Anchovy didn’t learn the truth until she was eight weeks old, just old enough to be lifted away from mama, just old enough to lose her whole world.

So, Anchovy, during her first, formative weeks, learned to be social and trust people. More than that, the cute kitten, with a tiny face and satellite-dish ears, longs to be with people. Anchovy wants to be touched, almost as much as she wants her kitten food, maybe even more than she wants to tumble with litter mates.

Anchovy needs to go home quickly, before her baby heart gets broken, before she feels unloved.

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Regal, a nine-month-old kitten, has passed every test to qualify as a perfect pet. The handsome brown tabby, with a stylish white beard and eye liner, went to be neutered and returned, still cheerful and loving. Regal’s also demonstrated that he loves kids and kittens. He’s patient and kind to little ones of every species. He even likes dogs.

With those qualifications, Regal shouldn’t have been wandering the streets, looking for a friend. His first friends should have kept him. They should have realized that a cat with Regal’s sweet, social disposition is rare and precious.

But maybe his people thought brown tabbies were ordinary. Regal hopes that someone else, who may feel ordinary sometimes, will recognize that he’s a little package of pure love.

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Midnight, a spayed young lady whose coat reflects light like semi-precious onyx, loves people. She’s a cat who lives for attention. So, it never occurred to Midnight that being noticed could be a bad thing. Yet, it was when a landlord noticed her. When Midnight’s people delivered her to the shelter, they said there was a lease problem.

The people went home. Midnight, who’d been a lap cat, went into quarantine, in a cage. The confused little girl hurried to the front of the cage every time someone passed. Midnight tried to explain that there was a mistake. She was supposed to be with people.

Now Midnight’s confinement is over. She’s roaming the shelter’s family-room-like cat area. But Midnight is still looking for someone to love.

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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 didn’t know any of that.

Oreo believed that she had a forever home and family. The spayed tuxedo formed her image of a safe, happy world. That image didn’t include a lonely room, a place where scary dogs bark just a wall away.

This little girl is wide-eyed, baffled, and afraid. The only times that Oreo feels better is when someone is petting her, reminding her how life used to feel.

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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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