The morning quiet was interrupted by a loud meow—a stray cat crying out for help. As people left their apartments to head to work, the cat weaved between their legs. When a shelter volunteer arrived to pick up the kitty, the cat was hiding under cars but quickly ran to the volunteer, thrilled to be noticed. The volunteer immediately saw that the cat had a haircut. Here was a sheared cat, with fur not yet fully grown back and without a thick undercoat, out in the cold. The kitten was desperate for warmth, shivering and unable to get warm.
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His fur had started to grow back but was still thin. Could this have been a house cat abandoned by its owners? While the volunteer pondered, the cat took matters into his own paws. He stood on his hind legs, hugged the volunteer, and meowed impatiently as if to say, “Well, what are you waiting for? Take me home!”
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The cat turned out to be affectionate and gentle. He was brought into the rescuer’s home but was not initially welcomed by her other cats. She had to separate them and calm them down with treats.
Soon, they began accepting one another. The cat, the woman named Sava, had a health scare but is now recovering nicely in his forever home with the woman he chose to be his mom!