A total of 54 out of an initial 100 cats were taken home to new families in what Humane Society development director Jennifer Sokolowski called a “very successful” free cat adoption event last weekend.
Overall since the start of July, there have been about 92 feline adoptions, and all the cats were adopted out by Saturday during “Feline Frenzy.”
“Our whole cat room was emptied out,” said Sokolowski. “We’ve never done that before.”
The shelter needed to increase the number of cat adoptions in order to reach their goal of avoiding the euthanization of any cats in their care, and by removing the cost barrier, the event helped them “exceed that hurdle.”
The solution was to “give out basically free cats,” Sokolowski said, thanks to the donations and support of local businesses and organizations. Among their benefactors were local organizations, including JSE Surplus.
Certain cats out of the 100 total in their care were not adoptable, she said, due to health reasons.
“We just really want to tell the community a big ‘thank you’ for all the support, you know - the people that came out and wanted to adopt,” says Sokolowski.