Monday, July 25, 2016

weekend report

Junior was keeping an eye on things this weekend. Alder has discovered he can climb OVER the doors and get out of the foster space - he lands on some shelves then jumps on the chair. So far he is the only one and he does seem to stay in there overnight, but mom suspects unless he goes to the adoption center soon, she is going to be sleeping with an orange kitten some night.

Saturday was an event sponsored by NBC/Telemundo called Clear the Shelters. There were 35 adoptions from Colony Cats (our rescue) and there were 5 local rescues participating and 190 adoptions total in central Ohio from those 5 rescues. The last report we heard was 45,060 total adoptions nationwide.

The thing is, adoption fees were requested to be lowered - but the fees were not subsidized like they are for some events. Which means that rescues involved in this event, even if they did lots of adoptions, took a beating on adoption fees and lost money. If ever you have considered donating, now would be a good time.

There were some concerns that mom saw online about people coming out just for the reduced fees. And while mom did hear some people say that, the adoption process for our rescue doesn't change...we still check people out and still will say no. A good number of people knew the event was coming and had filled out applications in advance so they came in pre-approved and just had to finalize adoptions.

Cedar was adopted along with another kitten from the rescue (Link was a short hair orange and white tabby). The family has a 1 year old female cat at home (we bet SHE was surprised) and 3 kids. He turned on the charm and the mom of the family couldn't resist him.

Alder and Birch came back home with mom after the event and then went to another one on Sunday at the store where mom cleans for our remote adoption kitties.

Otherwise, it was HOT and HUMID here....yuck. Fortunately we have a/c and that kept it cool inside.

Sumac and Hemlock were dropped off this morning for their spay surgeries. Juniper was acting kind of snotty, so she will be sticking around for a few days.

Have a great week....drink lots of water, stay out of the heat as much as you can, leave water out for the animals, and please check on your neighbors.

18 comments:

  1. I was just speaking to someone who felt insulted by all the questions when she was adopting; I said, 'the cat was in a bad situation before; we don't want her to go into another one!' That mollified her...I think...but some folks are always working an angle. Can only hope that there were good adoptions and more happy kitties and humans! Keep up the good work!

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    1. we get a little annoyed too when people feel like they are being "picked on" by our questions - mom finally told one lady "look - my interest here is to protect the cat, not your feelings" and the lady backed off a little

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  2. We hope all these adoptions are good ones. Mom is kind of afraid of this week coming up - so very hot hot HOT!

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  3. I too worry about the reduced-cost adoptions, but your people are always concerned with finding good homes for cats, so it doesn't worry me in your case. Eastside Cats are right: there are always those working an angle. A person who cares about animals should be glad of the questions.

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    1. Some people can't get out of their own head long enough to realize it isn't about them. Once they see the bigger picture they usually understand and are glad for it all

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  4. Keep those puppy-cats in line, Junior! You're doing a great job!
    Good luck to the recent adoptees and to Sumac and Hemlock on their spays!
    Cammie!

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  5. Purrs fur spay surgeries and concats to da kitties who found their forevers. When someone gets bent out of shape because I want their address, who all lives in the home, what other pets they have and a vet reference - no smoking and no declaw... Then no kitty thank you. -Katie Kat

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  6. The no kill shelter I volunteer for deals with this all the time. The Humane Society has reduced fee events for kittens and adult cats are always free. It is so frustrating to talk to people who are looking at your cats and find out they adopted from the Humane Society for little or no money :(

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  7. We hope all the adoptions were good ones and that everyone has a good forever home. Stay cool this week! We're finally getting some hots later this week, too!

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  8. We can't believe Alder is climbing all the way over the doors. That's a long way up!

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  9. People don't realize how much it costs to care for kittens and cats before adoption - I'd love to see a major change here.

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  10. awesum numbers guys N a happee gotcha day two all who did find ther foreverz home with best fishes for yeerz two come ~~~~~~~ all de best two ewe cedar; stop in sum time & let uz noe how ewe iz doin ♥♥♥♥♥

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  11. It's hot hot hot here too. Adorable fotos. Stay cool.

    Luv ya'

    Dezi and Raena

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  12. We're glad there were so many adoptions....though it's too bad about the rescues losing out on money. The shelter that the mom volunteers with didn't participate in this event.

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  13. Wow, over 45,000... that's great. But I completely understand the concern of people adopting because it's cheaper on that weekend event. They still need to be able to properly care and pay for the pet's needs. That's great that your rescue doesn't reduce standards.

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  14. Our rescue made all our senior cats "a donation of your choice". There was a bit of an outcry. But seniors are hard to adopt out and, in fairness, adopters are likely going to face immediate and higher vet bills. The research showed that lower adoption fees had little or no effect on how loving a home it was. For the most recent senior foster I adopted out (10 years + kidney disease!) the adopters paid almost full adoption fee -- by choice. I suspect that's not unusual. We occasionally have reduced fees on adult cats. Never on kittens. Ever. No matter who the feline is, the adoption screening is the same -- and rigorous.

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  15. It is frustrating that people don't bat an eyelash at a $400 adoption fee for a dog, but cats should be free.

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