Over the past 3 years, between myself and 'rescuing' a cat for my daughter, I've been to the shelter numerous times. The first time, my wife and I were interviewed by the cat shelter manager, Becky. No issues, Becky questioned us about our work schedules, previous pet ownership/caregiving and did explain we'd have to sign a contract. We had just buried our 12 year old black cat Shadow. We helped him over the bridge because of incurable cancer.
We left the shelter that day with a 1yr old female, long haired, spayed Calico.(Callie) A few weeks later we again visited the no kill shelter and ended up with a 3yr old short haired spayed male. (Slider) Again signing the contract and paying the posted fee. A few months later we rescued a orphaned street cat. A female that we got spayed thru a low cost program the shelter runs. Princess is our 3rd fur child. Becky transports the cats to and from the Vet facility.
Last Christmas I was shopping and saw that the shelter had a table/stand fundraiser set up in the mall. I checked it out and saw they had a young cat in a crate on display/up for adoption. I played with "Mindy" thru the crate bars and took her picture with my cell phone. I sent the picture to my wife with the caption "Kitty #3". My request was quickly turned down. When my daughter saw the picture of Mindy we went to the shelter the next day and adopted her. My daughter had recently lost her Maine coon cat to old age. Mindy had Maine coon in her. After dealing with the shelter many times, I did still need to sign the contract. 
Every time I signed that contract I never really read it carefully.
We all are kitty full and I am not allowed to visit the shelter... I feel having an EVEN number of cats is the way to live. My wife disagrees.
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