All the cats originally listed
on this page have been adopted! Please visit petfinder.com
to see what cats are available at the Washington Humane Society's PAWS
& More Animal Shelter. PAWS
& More
 Snowdrift,
pretty tiger striped female, has been adopted by her foster mom. |
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 Corey
,
grey and white male, about three years old. Very handsome fellow!
Corey is a real lover, and he is trained to a halter and leash. He has
a new Mama who can care for his special needs. Update 2004: Corey passed away after a wonderful life full of love and fun. We were blessed to know him. |
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Liza, spayed female tiger tabby, has been adopted. THANK YOU Becky and Rex for giving this shy girl a good home! |
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 Colette
and Clover, beautiful tortoiseshell girls . Wanted to stay
together and that happened for them. They are enjoying their new home after
waiting six years in the shelter. |
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  These little beauties are Fritzi & Ella from a litter of orphaned kittens called "The Jazz Group": Ella, Fritzi, and Gerri. That's Ella with her mouth wide open! Ella and Gerri were adopted together and Fritzi went on her own. The Jazz Group was hand-raised and fostered by Jessica Krochmal |
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 This
is Ruthie. She is a tortoiseshell female with a white bib
and paws, and a back leg that is orange tabby striped, as if she was putting
on her tights and forgot one. In the summer of 1999, when I would
go to bottle feed the orphan kitties, she would be sitting by the front
door of the shelter. She ran when I got out of my car. One
afternoon, one of the staff heard a cat crying. We went to look,
and Ruthie was sitting in a pile of pallets by the hardware store.
We lured her with a can of cat food, and saw her ear was injured. There were no empty cages, but I resurrected an old one and set her next to my bottle babies. She was so friendly...and so hungry! She butted her head against the front of the cage and half of her injured ear fell off. The next day she saw the vet and he said it was healing well; no reason to trim it up. She showed her sweet personality right away. Every morning she'd greet me when I went to feed the orphans! 
Here is a picture where you can see a little of the tabby back leg. Ruthie has filled out and is full grown now. She has been adopted and this former stray is making someone a very loving pet!
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 Owen
has been adopted! His new family thinks he's just the best cat and
they love him very much.
This is Owen. He is a handsome and affectionate young fellow with a very plush coat. I think he has a sense of humour. He is also very brave. The shelter has an outside pen for puppies to get some fresh air. One day a shelter staffer was removing a litter of seven rambunctious Doberman puppies from the pen and sitting quietly in the corner was Owen. No one knows how he got there, or how long he'd been sitting there. I suspect he was dumped by some unkind person who thought it was FUNNY to put him in with the puppies. I'm not laughing, are you? So...Owen came inside and joined the crew at PAWS & More. He is very special because he is missing one back foot. It may be a congenital thing, or his Mama may have cleaned him too vigorously when he was a kitten. Either way, he gets around just fine. He has a callous on the bottom of his leg, which indicates he does put it down.
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Ellis has been adopted! His new family thinks he is just wonderful. Ellis is white with cinnamon markings, like a Van cat. He was found under a car downtown. He was lucky to be found, and squawking like a wild thing, so he was called Lucky Squawker = L.S. = Ellis. He has some Siamese in his background, and his personality is typical of a Siamese. He is a big talker, and his family says he has fit in perfectly. |
Some cats are special.....
 Bailey,
neutered male, handsome orange classic tabby, about four years old.
He came to the shelter as a tiny orphan, very sweet and personable.
He had an Upper Respiratory Infection, which kept him from being adopted
as a tiny kitten. It's harder for older cats to be adopted,
so Bailey went to foster care, where he has sunny windows and soft couches
for catnapping. He loves to have his head scratched. |
 He
loved his foster mom, Tammy, and she decided to keep him. He has assumed
the role of protector of smaller foster cats and loves his family very
much. I love Bailey! |
 Bailey
says: This is me when I was a little squirt head. Everyone thought
I was the cutest thing they'd ever seen! |
| Bailey was sponsored by Mary Delaney |
To apply to adopt a cat
from PAWS & More:
Call (319)653-6713. The shelter is located
in Washington, Iowa. All animals must be spayed or neutered prior to adoption. Fees cover cost of
shots, deworming, FeLeuk.FIV testing, microchipping, and neutering.
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| Spay and neuter your companion animals.
Leave breeding to responsible, knowledgeable breeders. Every year millions of healthy dogs and cats are euthanized in America. This is no
way to treat our best friends, so when it's time to adopt a new family
member, go to a shelter and
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visiting!
MaryAW (Animal
Woman to my friends)
We are all in the same boat, both
animals and men. You cannot promote kindness to one without benefiting
the other.
-E.E.Hale
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