Expensive Supporters,
The lives you’ve modified have been touched so deeply — and so they’re a drop within the ocean of what you’ve made attainable.
Your assist has achieved a lot, and we’re extremely grateful. You’ve helped lots of of cats land on their toes, stuffed houses with love and luxury, and helped our workers stay related to the reason why we do that work.
So for starters, we’re thanking you with a reminder that each Cat City story you learn may be multiplied again and again. This yr you’ve helped:
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174 cats in bonded pairs remained beside their finest associates
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151 sick and injured cats received the therapies they wanted, from surgical procedure and diagnostics to drugs and dental care
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80 harassed and ignored grownup cats lastly felt protected sufficient to let their personalities shine
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73 joyful kittens received adopted rapidly to create space for extra cats in want
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58 black cats might put their personalities entrance and heart
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52 particularly at-risk cats discovered the assist they wanted to proceed thriving of their new houses due to our volunteer Case Managers
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41 senior cats discovered well being and dignity of their golden years
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27 fearful and hissy kittens discovered to belief folks for the primary time
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16 cats with FIV overcame the stigma of their diagnoses to seek out loving and protected houses.
And it’s not simply cats whose lives are made complete — it’s the individuals who love them who thanks as properly. Listed here are just a few phrases of gratitude from the adopters whose lives you’ve helped brighten:
Peanut is a supply of limitless leisure. 4 years in the past, Cat City matched us with this clown of a cat. It was love at first sight, but we love her extra on daily basis! She watches tv with us and will get extremely invested within the dramatic scenes, leaning ahead and operating to get nearer to the TV. She is an athlete, and chases the crimson dot with complete tenacity, operating backwards and forwards six toes up the partitions like she’s skating a halfpipe. And at cuddle time, she goes from standing on all fours to a full-body plop in a single transfer, earlier than grabbing my husband’s arm and smiling together with her chin within the air.
Eliot has develop into my emotional assist animal, and I can’t think about life with out him. He’s gone by way of a number of strikes with me, and is so, so expensive to me. I take into account him my household, and the individuals who helped me by way of the adoption course of actually made all of the distinction by way of the expertise. Attending to see the cats in such a relaxed place actually made it attainable for me to undertake my cats. I had been to kilos up to now, nevertheless it left me feeling terrible, like I wanted to rescue all of the pets or none of them. Cat City fueled my love for cats, and is answerable for bringing me a number of the finest prolonged relations I might ever ask for.
Stella and Geneva are actually over 5 years previous. Now we have beloved them because the starting and have develop into proud (obsessive) cat mother and father. They completely love one another and are inseparable- they’re all the time hanging out and napping collectively. Stella has claimed John’s lap and Geneva has claimed my lap as their respective “couches” and supervise us whereas we work. It has been such a blessing for us to see them develop up and be such superb companions to us. We’re so grateful that Cat City introduced us all collectively.
And eventually, an image is value a thousand phrases, so we hope you take pleasure in this supersized round-up of gorgeous images under, taken by our intrepid volunteers, displaying the enjoyment you’ve helped create.
Day by day, we’re grateful to roll up our sleeves and assist these cats, and we may give it our all as a result of we all know that you’ve got our backs. Thanks for serving to so many cats in want — we’re honored to have your assist!
Photographs by Nicole Dial, Teresa Wooden, and David Yeung.
