Looks as though I have a new cat!

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12. This is the Humane Society's no-kill shelter

Animal Control, which stocks the Animal Shelter, is not doing any intakes. They have three cats available for adoption right now, none of which are suitable for us.

While the Humane Society has been around since 1960, they were not very well known the last time I adopted. Now they are really booming and the babies from kitten season are mostly adopted. Since many people want kittens rather than cats, the cats are left behind.

I decided that we will be better off with mature, but not old cats. We're both 68. One or two year old cats we adopt now will probably live to 17-19 given our track record of cats we have owned - by then we will be in our mid-80s and probably not want to keep pets anymore unless we can find a caretaker that would love them, too. Then we will consider older cats.

The Humane Society is very into making sure the cats they place will find their forever homes.