Black Cat Appreciation Day #adoptdontshop

So, ahead of Black Cat Appreciation Day on Saturday 17th August we are showcasing a couple of dark-furred beauties in our Adopt A Cat Charity Tuesday Post.


Fifi is at Wood Green, The Animals Charity (where I met my forever mum) 

FIFI (photo: Wood Green)

Beautiful Fifi is 9 years old and was admitted to Wood Green after being found living as a stray. She says she is now looking for a home to call her own. This sweet and friendly girl enjoys being around people but loves her independence too. Fifi is at the Heydon centre and if you would love to meet her you can read more about her here.

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This dark beauty is at Nine Lives Greece.

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It’s International Cat’s day 🎉 let’s celebrate all the amazing creatures that rule our lives! Either stray or home cats, senior or kittens, fluffy or shorthair, they are making our days brighter. This is Julietta, and she is here to break the stereotype about black cats. She is kind and beautiful! Open your heart to her 🙏 ——— Παγκόσμια μέρα γάτας σήμερα και γιορτάζουμε αυτά τα μοναδικά αιλουροειδή που κυριαρχούν στις ζωές μας! Αδεσποτα ή σπιτογατα, γατάκια ή μεγάλης ηλικίας, φουντωτά ή κοντότριχα, όλα ομορφαίνουν τις μέρες μας. Εδώ η Χουλιέτα, έρχεται μια τέτοια μέρα να καταργήσει τα στερεότυπα που συνοδεύουν τις μαύρες γάτες. Είναι ευγενική και πανέμορφη! Ανοίξτε την καρδιά σας και χαρίστε της ένα σπιτάκι 🙏 ——— #εφτάψυχες #γατοκαλόκαιρο #παμεσπιτι #pamespiti #adoptme #adoptdontshop #rescuedismyfavoritebreed #greekcats #blackcats #blackcatsrule #adoptablackcat #internationalcatday

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Overlooked cats 

Sadly, there are so many overlooked cats urgently needing forever homes everywhere. Here is a list of UK rescue shelters and charities from the cat rescue resource CatChat.org, with details of harder to home senior cats, black cats, special needs cats, FIV+ cats and feral/farm cats. 

(PHOTO borrowed from CatChat.org)

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ATHENA'S RESCUE STORY

All proceeds from A Forever Home For Athena will be donated to the following charities:

Wood Green The Animals Charity
Greek Cat Welfare Society
Cats Protection

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More homeless pets looking for forever homes can be found on my Mum's Pinterest Pet Rescue board.
Disclosure: I received no compensation for this post. As a rescue kitty myself I want to help other rescues find their forever home, so each week on Charity Tuesday I share adoptable cats from Wood Green, the Animals Charity (which is where I was rescued) and some other charities dear to our hearts. Mum and I are so grateful to Wood Green because without them we would never have found each other! 

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Black Cat Appreciation Day

Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day and so we are remembering sweet Suzy, my mum's other soulmate cat, the one she had years before I came along and who sadly is no longer with us but living across the Rainbow Bridge.

You can see another photo of her on my mum's other blog.

Did you know that black cats are the hardest to rehome? For some strange or very stupid reason they take far longer than other cats to find the forever home they too deserve. It happened to me. Well, to my sister Lily, I mean, who I got rescued with. You see, we were abandoned in someone's garden and got rescued by an animal shelter together.I tell our story in my book A Forever Home For Athena, but for those who haven't read it yet (and why not?), let me just say briefly that when my mum came to view me at the shelter (after she had seen my cute little kitten face on the shelter website) she also saw that there was a little black kitten with me in the pen. Now, I was the loudest and the most extrovert and as soon as I saw my mum come through the door I knew I had to go home with her so I pounced onto the pen door and made sure she noticed me. Little Lily was quieter than me, so maybe that's why she didn't get to be adopted too on that day.

It had nothing to do with her being black.

The truth is, and my mum does regret it, Lily wasn't adopted with me because my mum was out of work at the time and couldn't afford to take two cats home with her. She was going through a deep depression, had just lost her dad to liver cancer and was also having to move in with her mum, my granny, after having to leave her own flat due to the fact that she'd been tormented by some really nasty neighbours from hell. My poor mum's nerves were shattered. And she longed for a cat. Suzy had been gone since 1998 and Mum wanted a cat to love. It took a long time to convince Granny to allow just one cat in the house. In defence of Granny, she does love me to bits now (who wouldn't) but she was afraid of any cat destroying the house (and she was right, because my mum says I have destroyed the house as I've ripped the wallpaper to shreds,)

Anyway, back to Lily. I do get sad about her. And Mum does too. We only hope that she got adopted pretty quickly after me and is now living happily in her forever home with a perfect family.

One day my mum would love to be able to adopt more cats. She even wants to open her own cat rehoming shelter.

Here are some links to find your purrfect black feline friend:

CatChat.org

ASPCA

For the Love of Black Cats  (Facebook Page)