Adopt a Cat Month (June)

This guy that has been renting my extra bedroom has expressed often that he wants a cat. He's even gone so far as to feed the strays that come to our porch often. A few of them have let him pet them, but are not ready for domestication.

I was walking with my Avon books around the trailer park where I live. I came across one trailer with a fenced in door on it's porch. They had big, barking dogs. I was leery of entering the gate. I just let the dogs bark.

Two baby kittens, not more than 6 weeks old were on the door step, sleeping. I picked one up.

A man came out onto the porch. I handed him my bag of brochures and told him I lived a few trailers down and was selling Avon if he was interested. I asked him, "Is this baby yours?"

He said, "No. She belongs to them," pointing at a trailer across the way with so much brush around it that it looked abandoned. I saw no way to get to the front door. He continued with, "I've been trying to be nice, but if these kittens get in the fence my dogs will tear them to pieces. I'm concerned."

The kittens had obviously been held. I could see the mother peeking through the brush as I stroked the one I was holding. I decided to go to the trailer to speak with the owner.

Again, I could not get to the front door. Perplexed, and concerned for the kitten's safety, I finally decided to take the baby home to give her to my tenant.

Our home has about 10 cats that hang around outside. They don't bother us, but they are everywhere. Most of them are strays. This one would now grow up with a home.

I figured if the owners really cared, they would search for her and I would give her back. But, honestly, I did't think they would.

I wanted to pick up the other one, too. But, I have two dogs. One is enough.

We named the kitten, a yellow tabby, "Ginger".

Adopt-A-Cat Month®
Source: American Humane
June 1, 2019
American Humane celebrates Adopt-A-Cat Month® each June – a month that also marks the height of “kitten season,” when millions of kittens are born and often end up in animal shelters.

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