RIGHT: Scamper gets some attention. Scamper is an 8-year-old cat up for adoption through SPCA's new Senior-to-Senior Cat Adoption Program. LEFT: Missy, a gray-white female, is also 8.
Their owner died just recently. MICHELLE ALAIMO/N-R staff photos.
SPCA Program will match older cats with senior citizens
ROSEBURG, OREGON (The News-Review), August 5, 2005:
For a senior citizen looking for a cuddly companion, a senior feline could prove just the right match. And those searching for such a pet now have the New Beginnings Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Senior-to-Senior program to help. Through the new adoption program, SPCA representatives will work to place cats 4 years and older with community members 62 and older.
"Cats are really good for seniors," said Samantha Lea, the SPCA's board president. "They're on laps, they love attention."The program will offer seniors reduced adoption rates at $30 per cat, $10 below the regular adoption fee. All cats are tested for feline leukemia and immunodeficiency virus, vaccinated and are spayed and neutered. The idea is to help older cats, which aren't always as popular as kittens, find homes, too. "The older the animal is," Lea said, "the harder it is to adopt (out)."
Right now, Scamper, an orange and white male and Missy, a gray and white female, can go to a senior with a quiet home for a $40 fee. Although the two short-tailed cats were timid at first, Lea said they are coming out of their shells and would make great pets. "They're really sweet little kitties," she said. The two have been staying at the SPCA's adoption center at the New Beginnings Thrift Store for the past week.
Usually, cats stay with foster families until they are adopted, but the current foster parents don't have room for them.
Over the past few years, their previous owner had worked with the SPCA's Feral Kitty Committee, helping to care for the feral cat colony that lived near her home. With her help, the committee was able to spay or neuter and vaccinate most of the animals. "She was a "superior human being" because of her compassion for the homeless cats. "I wish there were more people in the world like her," she said.
Chelsea Duncan
cduncan@newsreview.info
RIGHT: Scamper gets some attention. Scamper is an 8-year-old cat up for adoption through SPCA's new Senior-to-Senior Cat Adoption Program. LEFT: Missy, a gray-white female, is also 8.
Their owner died just recently. MICHELLE ALAIMO/N-R staff photos.
SPCA Program will match older cats with senior citizens
ROSEBURG, OREGON (The News-Review), August 5, 2005:
For a senior citizen looking for a cuddly companion, a senior feline could prove just the right match. And those searching for such a pet now have the New Beginnings Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Senior-to-Senior program to help. Through the new adoption program, SPCA representatives will work to place cats 4 years and older with community members 62 and older.
"Cats are really good for seniors," said Samantha Lea, the SPCA's board president. "They're on laps, they love attention."The program will offer seniors reduced adoption rates at $30 per cat, $10 below the regular adoption fee. All cats are tested for feline leukemia and immunodeficiency virus, vaccinated and are spayed and neutered. The idea is to help older cats, which aren't always as popular as kittens, find homes, too. "The older the animal is," Lea said, "the harder it is to adopt (out)."
Right now, Scamper, an orange and white male and Missy, a gray and white female, can go to a senior with a quiet home for a $40 fee. Although the two short-tailed cats were timid at first, Lea said they are coming out of their shells and would make great pets. "They're really sweet little kitties," she said. The two have been staying at the SPCA's adoption center at the New Beginnings Thrift Store for the past week.
Usually, cats stay with foster families until they are adopted, but the current foster parents don't have room for them.
Over the past few years, their previous owner had worked with the SPCA's Feral Kitty Committee, helping to care for the feral cat colony that lived near her home. With her help, the committee was able to spay or neuter and vaccinate most of the animals. "She was a "superior human being" because of her compassion for the homeless cats. "I wish there were more people in the world like her," she said.
Chelsea Duncan
cduncan@newsreview.info
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