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You are here: Home / Kitty Wisdom / And the aCATemy Award Winners Are…

And the aCATemy Award Winners Are…

February 21, 2011 By: Sparkle Cat32 Comments

Sixty-seven shelter kitties who were adopted and rescued this past Saturday at the pet-friendly Hotel Palomar in Westwood! Best Friends Animal Society and Much Love Animal Rescue teamed up to put on this fabulous event. It even had a red carpet and velvet rope!

Hm. Maybe I SHOULD have gone!

I did not attend, but I sent my human to cover it and bring back all the details. It was a star-studded affair. My human saw Otto, the motorcycle-riding companion of cat guy/ filmmaker Christopher Coppola.

Otto, being a manly cat, did not trim his back claws for the occasion.

Otto got to walk the red carpet.

I think he is wondering where his body guards are.

But the real stars of the event were the 137 homeless kitties who were brought in from various Los Angeles city and county shelters. They were all hoping to be adopted so that they did not have to go back!

Maybe not first-class accommodations, but a lot better than where they came from!

They all got star-studded pseudonyms for the day.

I wonder if she knows the latest cat news?

And the humans who adopted a kitty that day got a goody bag full of cool stuff, including litter, a scratcher, and even a bookmark that lists cat rules… from me!

I haven't seen this much swag since BlogPaws!

Plus they got an award!

More coveted than an Oscar! That is, if you are a cat.

While the aCATemy Awards was a great success and lots of kitties got adopted, some are still looking for homes. Surprisingly, nobody snatched up this mother-son pair. Fortunately, Much Love Animal Rescue took them in, so they will be looking for a home from a safe haven.

A lot of humans DID coo over them!

Here are a couple of kitties who, according to the L.A. Animal Services website, are still looking for homes. They are at East Valley Animal Care and Control Center in Van Nuys. This is Kyle:

He gets the sexy close-up!

This friendly guy is Tangy — he has been at the shelter since December 31:

He REALLY wanted to go home with someone!

Even if you missed the aCATemy Awards, you still have the chance to be a star by adopting a kitty from your local shelter!

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  1. Miss Kitty van Dyck says

    March 8, 2011 at 1:03 pm

    Greetings Sparkle,

    We think this was a terrific event and wish we had one here in northern California.
    By the way, we hope you will be considering to enter our photo contest, just make sure to check the technical requirements.

    Warmest regards,
    Miss Kitty and Egmont

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  2. Rebecca says

    February 22, 2011 at 5:20 pm

    What a wonderful post! That’s just great that ll those kitties got adopted, thanks for spreading the good news!

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  3. Anne says

    February 22, 2011 at 7:16 am

    I keep trying to adopt a kitty from a local shelter but Small Town Daddy wont let me. He seems to be under the mistaken impression that 2 cats are enough. I am glad that some of those kitties were able to get adopted.

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  4. BeadedTail says

    February 21, 2011 at 5:35 pm

    Yay for the kitties who found furever homes! We hope the others all find furever homes soon too! What a great event too. We wish more cities did events like this to help kitties!

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  5. Natalie says

    February 21, 2011 at 5:10 pm

    That looks like a great event!

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  6. Spitty-the-Kitty says

    February 21, 2011 at 4:37 pm

    Wow! 67 lucky kitties and their furever People–that’s wonderful.

    I hope ALL of them find good homes soon.

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  7. Abby says

    February 21, 2011 at 3:48 pm

    Fabulous!
    67 that is just the cat’s meow.
    Well done Acatemy!!!

    purrin
    xoxox

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  8. Eric and Flynn says

    February 21, 2011 at 1:38 pm

    We are glad lots of the kitties got their Forever Homes. We hope the others soon get theirs too.

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  9. Sweet Praline says

    February 21, 2011 at 1:26 pm

    What a great event! I hope all of the other kitties find a forever home soon.

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  10. caren Gittleman says

    February 21, 2011 at 1:03 pm

    this was the most creative idea for an adoption even that I have ever seen. Kudos to the organizers.
    The photo of the two kitties hugging tore my heart out 🙁

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  11. The Florida Furkids and Angel Sniffie says

    February 21, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    What a cool event! We’re happy about the adoptions and hope others get homes soon.
    The Florida Furkids and Angel Sniffie

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  12. Angie, Catladyland/Katt Food says

    February 21, 2011 at 12:10 pm

    Beautiful kitties and a wonderful event! I hope the ones that did not get adopted find families very, very soon. So glad you could participate, Sparkle!

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  13. Katnip Lounge says

    February 21, 2011 at 11:37 am

    It’s a good thing our Daddy wasn’t there…we’d have 137 new brofurs and sissers!

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  14. Brian says

    February 21, 2011 at 8:47 am

    Such a beautiful event, they are all stars in my book!

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  15. Cheysuli says

    February 21, 2011 at 8:15 am

    What cool awards! I hope lots of kitties found homes!

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  16. Simba says

    February 21, 2011 at 7:42 am

    That is wonderful about the kitties who found homes. I hope the others will find theirs soon.

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  17. Sammy and Andy says

    February 21, 2011 at 7:30 am

    YAY for the kitties that found homes…..and we are purraying for the others…that they will find loving forever homes quickly.

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  18. Cory says

    February 21, 2011 at 6:41 am

    Otto is a hunk! What a star!

    We think it’s such a cool idea to hold this kind of event to get deserving cats a better chance of finding their forever homes. My momma Ellie and I are gonna purr extra hard for the mom and son pair to find a fabulous home together.

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  19. Father Tom says

    February 21, 2011 at 5:58 am

    What a great post, Sparkle! We have seen Otto on TV before. It’s cool how he rides the motorcycle with his dad! What a great idea for finding homes for kitties, too. It looks like they went all out. I hope the other kitties find homes soon, too. They are all so loving and cute!

    Maybe they’ll do something like that here. Gee, with statuettes like those, who needs Oscar?

    Hugs,
    Tom
    xoxo

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  20. Hannah and Lucy says

    February 21, 2011 at 5:52 am

    We are so pleased some of the cats got adopted yesterday – we love the cat mom and her son – we so hope they can stay together when they are adopted.

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  21. mariodacat says

    February 21, 2011 at 5:08 am

    It’s always a good event if even a few anipals get adopted. Now we’ll hope the others go too dat didn’t get adfopted.

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  22. Raymond and Busby says

    February 21, 2011 at 5:07 am

    Great post Sparkle! We are happy for the cats who were adopted and we hope all the others find forever homes too. xoxo

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  23. Daisy the Curly Cat says

    February 21, 2011 at 4:48 am

    Hooray for all the cats that got adopted. I hope they will all find Forever homes soon.

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  24. Link Bartholomew says

    February 21, 2011 at 4:45 am

    What a fun event for a great cause. We hope all the kitties get adopted soon!

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  25. Fui, Suey and Lishy says

    February 21, 2011 at 4:18 am

    What a fab idea. It’s wonderful to see the different things some of the forward thinking shelters are doing to bring their kitties to the public’s attention.

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  26. The Island Cats says

    February 21, 2011 at 4:10 am

    That looked like a great event!! We are happy so many cats got new homes. And we hope that the few that didn’t will find their new homes real soon!!

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  27. Weezdabadcats says

    February 21, 2011 at 4:08 am

    That is soo cool. We hope that all the kitties that weren’t adopted will soon find homes…very soon! They all look so nice and deserving of lots of love. We will purr that they find forever homes soon, soon, soon!! Thanks for sharing this with us. What a cool event!! Have a great day, Lautrec, Tiny and Ellwood

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  28. Marg says

    February 21, 2011 at 3:45 am

    I do think that Best Friends organization is just the best. What a terrific event to have and at least a lot of the cats were adopted. Glad you got your bookmark in there too. Love the cat awards. It just all looks good. Take care.

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  29. The Poupounette Gang says

    February 21, 2011 at 3:33 am

    We will cross our paws that all the kitties find Forever Homes.

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  30. one of Fae's humans says

    February 21, 2011 at 3:02 am

    wow, what an amazingly wonderful event! i wish such things happened here! i had no idea an even like that even happened anywhere! i wish i could have been there. 🙁

    congrats to the cats who found new (hopefully forever) homes and goodluck to those who are still looking!

    Sparkle, you and your human did a great job. 🙂

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  31. Mr Puddy says

    February 21, 2011 at 2:24 am

    Sparkle ! This is really cool idea ! and so much fun : )
    I purrs for all of them
    xxx

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  32. Marjorie &Dash Kitten says

    February 21, 2011 at 12:41 am

    Thank you for a lovely post Sparkle, Mum and i are SO glad a lot of kitties found homes and he hope and pray that Kyle (gorgeous) Tangy, and the beautiful twins are found a home. Three might cheers to everyone who helped make such a magical event a possibility. Theya re heroes to mum and I.

    Respectfully yours,

    Dash Kitten

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