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When You Hear Why Nobody Wants This Poor Abandoned Cat You’ll Scream
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Remember the classic commercial with the line, “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful”?
It’s sad that we live in a world that puts so much emphasis on appearance, isn’t it?
Make someone a few pounds overweight, give them frizzy hair, a limp, or a speech impediment and soon they’ll be saying, “Don’t hate me because I’m NOT beautiful!”
It’s the same for animals, unfortunately. Everyone in the rescue field knows that a black dog or cat in a kill shelter likely won’t make it out alive, for example.
One ginger cat at the Clermont County Animal Shelter knows all about being passed over because of her appearance.
Scarlet was living on the streets after being declawed and abandoned. Being declawed left her with no way to defend herself.
So when she showed up on someone’s porch and pawed relentlessly at their door until they noticed her, she was covered in wounds and scars.
She was not only looking for a safe haven, she was desperately looking for someone to love her.
…and sadly, she still is.
She’s been at the shelter ever since she arrived over a year ago. Luckily, it’s not a high kill shelter or she would have been euthanized months ago.
She’s seen a lot of changes come and go at the shelter. She watched the shelter be taken over by the Clermont Animal CARE Humane Society, which held a big adoption event to celebrate the new management.
Over half of the animals in the shelter were adopted out — but not Scarlet.
Is there anything wrong with her? Is she sick? Disabled? Horrible temperament?
Not at all. Her only fault is that she’s 9 years old, has walked some hard roads in her life and isn’t the perky young spotted kitten that potential adopters always fall in love with.
But nobody at the shelter can figure out exactly why no one has fallen in love with Scarlet. They all adore her.
“Scarlet is a sweet, unassuming girl and while she doesn’t interact much with the other cats, she doesn’t mind them being around either,” Carolyn Evans, executive director of the Clermont Animal CARE Humane Society, told The Dodo.
“She seems to like her own space, maybe because she has just become accustomed to life at the shelter. She doesn’t have a mean bone in her body.”
Furthermore, Scarlet is in excellent health and has many years left to spend with some lucky person.
“Scarlet is not needy but welcomes attention in the form of soft words and gentle pets under her chin,” Evans added.
“She doesn’t ask for much and seems to be happy with just an extra soft bed to spend her days.”
However, Scarlet has caught the eye of a lot of people, including one adorable little girl and her mom who have adopted Scarlet on a part-time basis.
They can’t take Scarlet home with them, but they spend as much time as possible with her.
For her birthday, the little girl asked for a kitty cat party, where she asked those attending to please consider donating their spare change to the shelter.
She had already raised enough money to cover Scarlet’s adoption fees if someone wanted to take her home.
She and her mom think Scarlet is the perfect cat. And she deserves the perfect home.
“We think that Scarlett’s perfect home would be one where she can just be herself with people willing to give her attention and welcome her to be part of the family when she wants to, but also giving her some space where she can get away if she needs some downtime,” Evans said.
If you’re interested in adopting Scarlet (or one of her frisky kitten or cuddly cat companions), you can contact Clermont Animal CARE Humane Society for more information.
Source: The Dodo
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