Christmas in July

Miss Deana is currently at the shelter awaiting her spay surgery before she can be made available for adoption.

Enter Rudolph. (red nose, yeah?)

July Shelter Cat of the Month

This little furball will win your heart

Deana

I don't usually do kittens for CotM since they get adopted SUPER quickly, but she is our first foster kitten and our house is pretty much all Deana all the time, so...just this once...

And then there were 4(ish)

Cali's reaction to being an only cat made us hesitate to take in another foster.  After much consideration and some rearranging of the furniture, we were able to make a kitten space in the one room of the house Cali isn't super attached to (she's a little possessive...).

And so we are now a temporary home for Deana while she gets better and gains some weight.

She's a cute little snotbag.

Kittens! Kittens Everywhere!

The KC Star visited the shelter last week to report on the kitten explosion. The article features photos of adorably sweet Minion & super-cutie tripod Lina, but it also includes a photo of Felix Thunder Paws, a seven-year-old FIV+ cat.

In some states (like our neighbor, Kansas), shelters cannot adopt out FIV+ cats. It's a law that is based on fear, not science, and the Great Plains SPCA CEO has worked with legislators to repeal it multiple times. As is typical with governing bodies in the US, however, they always tack the repeal onto another bill and it ends up not passing.