{"id":6165,"date":"2023-10-30T04:22:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T12:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6165"},"modified":"2023-10-30T04:22:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T12:22:19","slug":"meowy-monday-cats-in-shelters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6165","title":{"rendered":"Meowy Monday \u2013 Cats in Shelters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"When\u2019s the last time you visited an animal shelter or a cattery? I\u2019ve done so many times over my life. I\u2019ve visited, I\u2019ve volunteered, I\u2019ve socialized, I\u2019ve adopted. I think most of us have. Last week I visited our local human society shelter and, of course, spent some time with the cats and kittens. I was pleased to see many upgrades in the facility, including great new pens and cat trees, and penthouses and toys for the cats. And th\"\"e cats and kittens were all in great condition and happy to have visitors.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s always sad to see cats in cages\u2014cats no one wants\u2014cats waiting for a home\u2014and that yearning in their eyes for a kind human who will give them a forever \"\"home. It\u2019s difficult to leave them after meeting them.<\/p>\n

For those of you in the Ventura County area, here are pix of some of the cats waiting for homes at the Ojai facility. For those in other areas, maybe it\u2019s time to visit your favorite shelter and adopt one of the wonderful cats you find there.<\/p>\n

I can tell you that some of my best cats came from shelters, including Olivia\u2014the star of my Calico Cat Mysteries. And there was PomPom, Dinah, Misty, Carlie, Mandy, Maggie, Daisy\u2014and the list goes on. No, I didn\u2019t come home with a cat or a kitten during my visit last week, but I hope the time is right for some of you to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When\u2019s the last time you visited an animal shelter or a cattery? I\u2019ve done so many times over my life. I\u2019ve visited, I\u2019ve volunteered, I\u2019ve socialized, I\u2019ve adopted. I think most of us have. Last week I visited our local … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6169,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6165\/revisions\/6169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}