June was National Adopt a Cat From a Shelter month. I set the wheels in motion in June and finalized my adoption of Sara in July. She is now the new shop cat. Sara is a petite Snowshoe Siamese whose owner went to a nursing home. Her family took Sara to Animal Control. A lady there saw that she was a Siamese and called the local foster from the Siamese Rescue Center. I had met this foster last spring when I went to Pet Fest at the Fair Grounds. This is an adoption event representing many shelters and rescue groups. The Siamese Rescue center is based out of Virginia. There are three fosters in Indiana that I know of. They are in Bloomington, Indianapolis and Fort Wayne. I learned a lot of how fostering pets works and how adoptions are handled out of state and out of town. Did you know that a semi driver might be a rescue volunteer and transporting a pet to someone while on his route? There are lots of ingenious ways that animals are transported and lots of big hearted people who go the distance to make sure dogs and cats are adopted. We hear so many bad stories about dog fighting and people who abuse animals, but be assured that there are wonderful stories of people who devote their lives to animal welfare. Bless them all! Kudos to Katie Smith and the Paw Patch Veterinarian Clinic for their involvement with the Siamese Rescue Center. While grieving for her owner, Sara's immune system had shut down. She was really sick and it took about six weeks of TLC before she could be adopted.

That said, I have a few customers who are frustrated with their cats. I got this e-mail which I thought would be fun to share.