June is “Adopt a Shelter Cat” Month

PETA Cats Give “Adopt a Shelter Cat Month” Two Paws Up

Millions of cats are waiting in shelters right now for the perfect home. PETA’s official feline ambassadors, Roxanne, Jack, Eddie, and Ginger, want to spread the word that people who adopt shelter cats get a new best friend and save a life at the same time.

Roxanne, Jack, Eddie, and Ginger didn’t always have the run of a 7,300-square-foot office space, complete with kitty jungle gyms, secret kitty doors, window seats with panoramic views of the river (along with its endlessly fascinating avian residents), and a staff of several dozen “servants” at their beck and call. Jack and Roxanne spent the first year of their lives confined together in one cat carrier by a collector who had more than 100 animals, some living in closets. Eddie and Ginger were kept in a car and rescued just in time, before the summer heat turned their “home” into a deadly oven.

So the cats who reside at PETA’s headquarters can definitely relate to the plight of the millions of cats who are languishing in shelter cages at this moment, yearning for a home where they can run, jump, stalk toy “mice,” play hide-and-seek, and catch 40 winks on the couch.

That’s why they wholeheartedly support “Adopt a Shelter Cat” Month, which is observed during June, when shelters are inundated with unwanted cats and litters of kittens.

Unfortunately, not all of them will find good homes: An estimated 3 to 4 million animals are euthanized in shelters ever year. The good news is that there are two easy solutions to the tragic animal overpopulation problem:

spay and neuter animal companions to prevent adding to the homeless, and
adopt your next cat from the animal shelter.

“If you have the time, energy, patience, and money to provide a happy home for a cat, visit your local animal shelter,” says PETA president and chief cat caretaker Ingrid Newkirk. “By adopting a shelter cat, you get a terrific companion and save a life at the same time.”

Roxanne, Jack, Eddie, and Ginger would go a step further and urge people to adopt two shelter cats, since single cats can get lonely and bored. If the shelter has two siblings or a parent and baby up for adoption, adopting both can help ease their transition to a strange new place.

You can improve the lives of dogs and cats suffering from cruelty and neglect.

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Did You Know?
You can neuter early! Kittens can be neutered and spayed when they are as young as 8 weeks of age. “Snipping” before animals reach 6 months of age prevents deadly cancers of the reproductive system.
Cats are safest indoors with their families. Curious? Read, “Keep Your Cat Indoors Every Day.”
You can keep your housecat purrfectly pleased in the great indoors with cool cat toys.
You can defeat Kitty’s dander and toss your tissues.
Declawing can cause worse problems than a shredded couch.
Cats can be vegetarians.
Flea collars can be deadly.
You can find a “pets allowed” apartment.

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