Summer season could also be lengthy over, however at Cat City, Summer season College continues to be in session!
Batik on the metropolis shelter.
Seeing the big inflow of cats at Oakland Animal Providers earlier this yr, we strategized with their workers to discover a approach to assist the best variety of at-risk cats and kittens. Summer season College was our answer.
With this program, we started to give attention to even youthful kittens — nonetheless hissy and growly, however faster to socialize and get adopted. We hoped the push would ebb by September, but it surely hasn’t. The shelter nonetheless has loads of children who want our assist — so we’re nonetheless working our Summer season College program in December.
Summer season College kittens like Denim, Velveteen, Corduroy, and Batik are barely 4 months outdated. When approached, they glower, growl, and huddle collectively, attempting to remain out of attain. As a result of they’re not but pleasant towards people, most rescues contemplate them too outdated to soak up. At Cat City, when kittens like them don’t have another choice, we put within the time to earn their belief, to allow them to sit up for lengthy, completely satisfied lives as pleasant companions.
Denim, Velveteen, Corduroy, and Batik at our Adoption Middle.
Our Board of Administrators is aware of that this has been a yr like no different for shelter cats and kittens, in order that they’ve given me one final problem for 2022: increase no less than $6,000 within the final two days of the yr and so they’ll match that quantity, greenback for greenback. If we will safe the complete match, these funds may help as much as 20 litters of frightened kittens remodel into lifelong pals. Donating right now offers us a powerful begin for the brand new yr, so we will make a distinction for the cats who want us most.
Your donations assist Cat City give attention to cats and kittens with no different choices. You energy our work, and make every transformation potential, all yr lengthy. I sit up for sharing extra success tales with you within the coming yr, and hope you’ll make a present right now to present extra cats an opportunity at their happiest, healthiest lives.
With gratitude,
Andrew Dorman
Government Director
P.S. Denim, Velveteen, Corduroy, and Batik are already in our care — however there are a lot of shelter cats and kittens nonetheless ready for our assist. Now via December 31, your assist can go twice as far, so we may help extra cats in 2023!
