So far this year, you’ve helped us find homes for 150 cats — including 34 last month. That’s 54% more adoptions than the same period last year! By focusing on cats who need our support the most — those with nowhere to go but Cat Town, those struggling in their shelter cage, and those who get passed over by other rescues — we’re doing all we can to help save lives at our city shelter. This year, that means:

50 cats have stayed part of a bonded pair,
43 cats with extra medical needs found health and happiness,
29 stressed cats could relax,
29 black cats got noticed,
25 scared kittens discovered their courage,
17 senior cats will have happy golden years, and
4 cats found adopters who saw past their FIV!

We still have 82 cats in our care, waiting to find a home or getting ready for adoption — each of them with a story to tell. We look forward to celebrating their progress on their journeys home, and in the meantime, here are some of our favorite adoptions from April.

Six-year-old **Nacho** was stressed at the shelter, meowing mournfully but making biscuits and purring when shelter volunteers gave him affection. Stress isn’t good for a cat with Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV), so we got this timid boy to our Adoption Center, where he could feel more like himself. Nacho’s FIV didn’t faze his adopter, and neither did his shyness — they immediately saw his sweet personality even though he wanted to hide. In his new home, Nacho is making fast friends with their other Cat Town alum. His adopter told us, “We continue to give him space to find his legs here. He is a love, and we know with time he’ll come out of his shell.”

Nine months ago, shy and scrappy **Otis** turned up at the shelter as a stray with FIV, a chewed up ear, a missing tooth, and scabies. He would hiss on approach, and no wonder — this sweet boy didn’t feel well at all! He came into our care with an upper respiratory infection, itchy skin, digestive problems, and eye issues, and needed 7 different medications to help him through it all. We worked with his foster guardian to get him healthy, and soon his sweet personality shone through, landing him a home with adopters ready to show him the good life!

**Lightning** was surrendered to the shelter after her guardian passed away, and was understandably fearful in her new surroundings. We got her into foster care, and she hid for two weeks before feeling safe enough to start exploring. After that, she blossomed into a lover of pets! Her adopters tell us, “Lightning is so sweet and affectionate! She lays on the floor and does air biscuits while purring to let us know she is in the mood for pets. Last night she even told us she wanted to play by tapping her toy box!”

At the shelter, **Moss** huddled in the back of his cage, hissing when people approached. Shelter volunteers could pet him if they went slow, but he still felt conflicted. We got him into foster care so he could de-stress, and days later he was eating from his foster’s hands and snuggling up to them from his new hiding spot, a cardboard fort they made for him. Soon after, he started sleeping on their bed. If you haven’t guessed by now, Moss charmed his fosters into falling in love — and they adopted him themselves!

Energetic **Norton** spent weeks at the shelter before coming to Cat Town as a Forgotten Kitten — perhaps because he was still flinchy around people at 5 months old, and considered too old to socialize. We got him out of his cage, and our volunteers helped him build confidence with people. Last month he got adopted to a home with another cat, so he can get plenty of playtime. They’ve already let us know, “I’ve met a LOT of cats, and Norton (now Leomund) is the snuggliest boy I have ever met. Day two he climbed into my lap. He needs about 90 minutes of petting per day, baseline, and we’re happy to oblige. My partner and I love him to pieces.”

At the shelter, little **Yuma** and **Paris** were frozen with fear. These youngsters hadn’t been around people very much, and needed more socialization, so we brought them into our Forgotten Kitten Project. Our volunteers worked hard to earn their trust, and now that the pair are adopted, our Case Managers are offering their new guardians plenty of support. We just received an update that Yuma and Paris “have gotten much more comfortable over the past week. Paris is still a bit shy, but Yuma has opened up to pets in the evening while playing with her toys.” We’re so happy to hear these youngsters are thriving!

Your support makes it possible for us to help these cats get the care they need, so they can all find their home sweet homes. Thank you for believing that these sick, shy, and stressed cats deserve love, and for making our work possible!