I mentioned in an earlier post about how wonderful adopters are. Here's a Happy Tail we received recently (it's in the Happy Tail database) that proves what I said and just makes me teary-eyed. It's from Anne at MSPCA Cape Cod.
I used to work In a small animal shelter in Massachusetts. At the height of "kitten season," a woman brought in a severely deformed kitten she had found wandering loose downtown. The kitten, whom I named Molly, had one side of her face very pushed in and was missing one eye.
Despite her ugly face, she was very sweet and outgoing, snuggling into the arms of her rescuer, happy to be inside, warm and fed. No one was sure what had caused her deformity, but the shelter vet believed it happened in utero, perhaps because the mother cat was kicked or physically abused.
Molly had presumably been left to wander the streets because her original owners didn't think anyone would want to buy or take her. Though we could all see how sweet Molly was, we feared she would never be adopted -- most adopters don't want a kitten who looks different or may have special needs. Watching Molly play in her cage, as happy and carefree as any other kitten, we knew we couldn't give up on this little girl. We decided to take a chance on Molly and put her on Petfinder.
After a few weeks, we were surprised and delighted to receive a phone call from a young couple who had seen Molly on your Web site and had read her story. They knew she needed their help and drove over an hour to come visit her. All the shelter employees waited anxiously as the couple met Molly, but it was soon obvious that she had worked her charm on them. They took her home the same day!
Without the help of Petfinder, Molly may never have found a home. Petfinder gives hope to the caretakers of animals who, though they may not be perfect, still need the same love and devotion as any other pet.
The picture makes you happy and sad at the same time. For the couple whom found it in their hearts to adopt Molly are forever blessed for doing a most wonderful thing by adopting a friend and saving this little girl's life. Bless you!
Deformed? Where? What deformity, what ugly face? You gotta be kidding me! This
is a precious, little baby-girl kitten! Good heavens, all I see is a kitten with a round, beautiful, curious, wide-eyed look! Nothin' ugly or deformed there. She's beautiful, precious and sweet! I would take her in a minute! The folks that got her are so lucky!
Well, I don't think Molly is ugly, I think she is precious and needs even more love and kindess than most animals. I would love her a lot. I hope you kept in contact with the people who adopted her to make sure she still had a good home.
Little Molly!!
Kudos to people like these adopters who see the beauty of the little soul inside the damaged package...What a great story to start the day!
That is a very adorable kitten...I would have adopted it in a heartbeat. Bless the people who took her home.