Mark’s a tiny fellow determined to work his way up in the world. The 12-week-old, exceptionally-small-for-his-age kitten, was born outside an apartment complex. Mark should have been afraid of people. He wasn’t. The underfed fellow toddled after people as they walked through the parking lot, risking being squashed by feet or tires.

​This kitten wasn’t begging for food, although he needed some. Mark wanted to be touched, held, petted. No one knew how Mark knew about those house cat things. Maybe he’d peeked in windows. Maybe Mark is simply a rare little fellow with a huge heart.

​So, when Friends of the Shelter members were trapping cats, to spay/neuter and return them, they scooped up Mark. He wouldn’t survive outdoors, and he didn’t belong there.