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If you are thinkin about getting a cat, please take a look at cats from the city's animal shelters. The shelters are overcrowded with cats, and with the weather prevented many walk-ins interested in pets, the shelters may have to euthanize cats and kittens if homes are not found for them. A shelter spokesperson says, "The cats are beautiful. These are not nasty, sick alley cats. We're seeing Persians, Siamese, and domestic short hairs and long hairs in every color you can imagine." The three shelters are:
Manhattan: 326 E. 110th St., open for adoption Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m., and Thursday from 2 to 8 p.m.
Brooklyn: 2336 Linden Blvd., open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Staten Island: 3139 Veterans Rd. West, open every day from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Also check out the ASPCA for cats and dogs; see some of them right here.
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Another place:
The Petco by me {86th & Lex.} holds dog and cat adoptions nearly every weekend.
And then there is always the very awesome petfinder.com, which is where I found my kickass pup to adopt!
Another place:
The Petco by me {86th & Lex.} holds dog and cat adoptions nearly every weekend.
And then there is always the very awesome petfinder.com, which is what I used to find and adopt my kickass pup!
There's a Petco on the north side of Union Square that has cats for adoption from a non-profit group, too. I'm afraid to let me boyfriend go in there sometimes; some of those kitties look so sad sleeping in their litter pans that I'm sure he'll come home with a handful...
Just what women of NYC need ... an excuse to get more cats ... and more reasons for men to proclaim "Oh, you've got cats? Yeah ... I'm allergic to cats"
It's a nice way of saying that your apartment smells like shit and everything is covered in hair.
But wait, NYC Animal Care & Control now has a no-kill policy (PDF)! Their new ED, Edward Boks, is responsible for their new philosophy.
I wish I had the space, but we'd be fighting in less than 400 square feet.
Oh, by the way Jen, there's another Jen Chung on Orkut Just thought you should know that ...
Huh. That No Kill policy vs. the Newsday article is confusing. Maybe they really won't kill the kitties but just want to make sure they get good homes.
As for multiple Jen Chungs - there are thousands of us.
Also, be sure to check out Bide-A-Wee. http://www.bideawee.org/. I got my Mishka there and they were great. All necessary shots. Cat was, ahem, fixed. Low donation of $35 was all it took.
Anyone considering adopting a cat should check out City Critters. Both my cats came from them, and all vaccinations + spaying / neutering were performed before I picked the cat up (at a total cost of $70, way cheaper than if you had it done yourself). They have some really nice cats too.
I got my sweet cat Moose from Bide-a-Wee, and while I love her dearly, and while the staff there was very sincere, there were two problems.
Moose came home with a terrible cold and a runny nose and eyes. She spent her first few weeks climbing up on me while I slept and sneezing on my face.
Moose was identified at the shelter as a boy cat. Three weeks later, after a trip to the vet (by which point she's acquired her rather masculine name), we discovered that Moose was a she.
It's not uncommon for shelter (or pet store, for that matter) animals to get a cold or at least sneezies when they get to their new home. Being around so many other animals at the shelter, they tend to pass around such things (much like kids elementary school), and often their immune system is a little "off" owing to the stress of the change in living environment.
Hopefully it's not so common for a shelter to mistake girl-parts for boy-parts...
Aw, Moose is a cool name, regardless of gender. Jut say you named her after the zaftg girl on "You Can't Do That On Television."
This is such timely news and info--I'm looking for a kitty/young cat to adopt. It's my first time and I never realized how much it would be like dating--going out, meeting cats and seeing if we "click."