As Adopt a Shelter Cat Month winds down this year, I’m hoping that my readers can help create one more miracle and rescue a kitty who is in danger of perishing in a high kill shelter in Georgia. Who knows how she wound up there, a nursing mother with no kittens, a young cat who is so friendly that it comes across in photos.
But there are rarely any takers for cats at this shelter, especially black cats like this one. In fact, if this kitty hadn’t come to the attention of my human friend Robin Olson of the Covered in Cat Hair blog, she would probably have ended her days with nary a blip on the blogosphere… which is how most cats in high-kill shelters die. But Robin posted about this girl, and now several of us are fighting for her life by posting and cross-posting about her plight in hopes of finding the humans out there who can make a miracle happen. Will she be saved? Honestly, it is up to you.
All the info about this kitty is below, but I’ll start off with the short version:
- She is at the Henry County Animal Care and Control in McDonough, GA.
- To get her out, you must show up in person and pay cash (about $65) for her adoption.
- If you live out of state, you can still adopt her — but you must find someone to show up at the shelter and get her out. Then you can make arrangements for transport. There is a good chance you can get help with this part if you know somebody in the cat blogosphere. Where there is a will, there is a way.
- She is only available until the end of the business day on Wednesday, June 30 (the shelter closes at 4:30 p.m.). After that, she will be put down. So time is of the essence.
Here is the information on her in detail, quoted directly from someone at the shelter:
This beautiful, friendly creature looks more like a small panther than a housecat. She had kittens, but none were to be found. She is full of milk and is an intact female. She is available to ANYONE for adoption. You do NOT NEED A GA LICENSE TO ADOPT HER, BUT YOU HAVE TO PICK HER UP & PAY CASH FOR HER ADOPTION or have someone adopt her for you on your behalf.
THE INFORMATION, BELOW IS DIRECTLY FROM HENRY CO CARE & CONTROL in McDONOUGH, GA.:
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PLEASE REFER TO THIS ID# 6/22-2455 WHEN YOU ASK AFTER THIS CAT.
It is so rare that a black cat gets adopted from us…..unless of course it goes to my house 🙂
This gorgeous young girl came in full of milk but we have no idea where her babies are. Sadly no one has come for her and she will be chosen first to go down since black cats never make it out.
Please help us save her life. She is totally awesome.
She will not be held past Wednesday June 30th and will go down Thursday July 1st if rescue cannot be found (or if an adopter does not take her)
Betsy Merchant~
**Please Note; When forwarding, crossposting, or re-posting I ask that you leave this message intact exactly as it was written by me. I do not give permission to post my message, part of my message, or my photographs on Craig’s List. Thank you for your help and support, and for respecting my wishes.**
Betsy Merchant~
We are very rescue friendly and are more than happy to work with any rescue group as long as the group has a valid Georgia Department of Agriculture license! Any rescue group, whether in or out of state, that takes pets from Georgia shelters, is required, by Georgia law, to have a rescue license issued by the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s Animal Protection Division. Having tax exempt status is not the same as a license. For more information on obtaining a license, please call (404) 656-4914.
Contact:
mystiblu@bellsouth.net
Henry County Animal Care and Control
527 Hampton Street
McDonough, Georgia 30253
(770) 288-7401
http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/GA67.html
Our Hours:
Monday-Friday: 9 am-4:30 pm
Saturday: 9 am-1 pm
Sunday: Closed
County Observed Holidays: Closed
The shelter is located at 527 Hampton Street in McDonough. We are located south of Atlanta off I-75. Take exit 218 and head east on 20/81 toward McDonough. Our address is 527 Hwy 20/81 East.
For all other information regarding ordinances, county codes, and other functions of Henry County Animal Care and Control please visit www.hcacc.org
If you can’t provide a loving home for this wonderful kitty, would you please ReTweet, re-post on Facebook and tell all your friends about her-ESPECIALLY ONES WHO LIVE IN GEORGIA? THANK YOU!
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I’m thrilled for this little girl! We put ourselves down as her back-up in case the adoption didn’t go through, but it turned out (happily!) that we weren’t needed. I’m so happy that she is safe and has a real home!
This Cat has been rescued. I called the shelter today and they confirmed, she is safe and going to be adopted. People have been calling about her for three days, and the person who answered the phone said please let people know she is okay!! Way to go!!
We have updated news of the black cat on our blog.
http://jansfunnyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/06/black-and-white-rescues.html
I hope she the adoption goes through from Arkansas or somewhere. Please let us know.
I hope this goes through. Please let us know.
Yay for Arkansasians saving kitties!
Sparkle please keep me posted if your helper in Ga cannot pulll her today. I will go in a pick her up and can house her for a few days while a home is found. I live about 20 min away. Email me if you need to call me
@Erica and everyone else – Paws crossed, but it looks like we’ve got someone to pull her, and someone in Little Rock, AR who wants her – and a way to get her there! We will know for sure what is happening tomorrow. I hope it is all good news!!!
We just found out about this beautiful girl’s desperate situation & went to Robin’s website to get all of the info (even though you had the same info posted – we just wanted to be sure). We have reposted on our blog & are purring that everything turns out alright!!
Purr, Purr, Purr
~Nico, Simon & JayJay
I’m willing to rescue and transport to the GA border or anywhere in GA. I live close to her, but I can’t take her personally. I’m already at my limit where I live. I will even consider spaying her if there is a home available!
This breaks our hearts. We hope she finds a loving furever home in time. It’s so sad that there’s so little time for someone to help out but we’re purraying for a miracle.
She is SO GORGEOUS. In a sane world, there’d be a wait list miles long for EVERY cat. We will post to our s/n pages again about her and pray for her loving, forever home to come forward RIGHT AWAY. (^^)
Hoping for a miracle for this beautiful girl!
Your pal, Pip
This is so heartbreaking to read about. We love beautiful black cats – she looks a lot like our Luna.
We put out a call on our FB and twitter feeds today.
We will be purring and praying for a miracle. How lucky that she has you to support her cause. Bless you! Keeps us posted.
Such a gorgeous kittie. We can’t take her, but we could contribute a little money if that would help with adoption or transportation costs.
This breaks my heart! She looks just like our Princess- we found her in the woods very pregnant around 9 months old. We found homes for the kittens. She is the BEST cat. I am going to contact someone I know in Georgia and PRAY!!!
Yes, hoping for a miracle and a kind soul.
We hope this beauty gets out of the shelter. We sure wish everyone would spay or neuter their cats. So many “unwanted” cats (and dogs) in the world.
Thank you for posting about this beautiful cat, Sparkle. We read about her at SpacePaws and are purring really hard that a miracle happens for her.
I sure hope she gets taken out of there. We will do a lot of purring and praying and crossing our paws that someone can get her out of that shelter. Our Mom would take her but don’t know anyone in Georgia that could get her out of the shelter. We love black cats.
We hope someone saves her! We saw on FB that someone was willing to give her a home but needed someone to transport her to the GA/FL border. Is this still a possibility? Aren’t there any rescue groups in GA that could do this? We are purraying!
This is so sad, I hope someone rescues it! I am mentioning about it on my blogs with a link back here and also tweeted it.
She is such a beauty. I hope a miracle will happen for her.
We hope someone can help the friend of The Daily Cute that wants to adopt this girl but can’t get to McDonough! Mama says that if she lived in Georgia she’d call in sick to work and drive to get her. *paws crossed for a miracle*
This is heartbreaking. I am so sorry that I can’t help, but I hope and pray that someone can.