Special to the Star-Herald
June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month! Let’s work together to start thinking of ways to help improve the lives of homeless cats in the County. The Central Aroostook Humane Society has many wonderful cats available for adoption. This is the ideal time to adopt a cat!
To encourage adoption, the Central Aroostook Humane Society joins the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Fresh Step litter to proclaim June as Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month. Celebrate with us today by visiting the cats available for adoption at the Central Aroostook Humane Society.
Owning a cat is a long-term commitment and deserves a serious amount of prior thought. It takes a considerable confidence to love a cat … one moment they are cuddling up looking for love and the next they are up and on their way, tail and nose in the air. To know them is to love them, to understand them is virtually impossible.
If you are thinking about adopting a cat, but have never owned one before, check with your veterinarian or with the Central Aroostook Humane Society for information on what it takes to be a good cat owner or rather to be owned by a cat. Proper planning before adoption is the key to success.
Here is a little kitty trivia from “cathouse trivia”:
• There are about 100 breeds of cats;
• The average outdoor-only cat has a life span of about three years. Indoor-only cats can live 16 years and longer;
• Whiskers are very sensitive, even to small changes in air currents. A cat has four rows on each side of its face. The upper two rows can move independently of the bottom two rows;
• Dogs have 42 teeth, cats about 30;
• Cats purr at about 26 cycles per second, the same frequency as an idling diesel engine;
• Cats roll on their backs to show affection. They expose their bellies like this only when they feel totally secure;
• Neutering dramatically reduces a cat’s territorial demand because the sex hormone (testosterone) is one of the factors that drives the cat to create and defend territory;
• Cats with long, lean bodies are more likely to be outgoing personalities than their stockier cousins. They are also more protective of their home and more vocal and demonstrative;
• When a cat rubs against your legs, it is showing affection and also putting its personal scent on you;
• Non-pedigree cats have a higher incidence of tabby markings than pedigree cats. Non-pedigree cats are also more often more robust than highly-bred cats; and
• In 1987, cats overtook dogs as the number one pet in America.
Well, I guess that is enough for now, hope you share some of this great kitty info with your friends. Don’t believe it? Go ahead and do research on your own and I bet you will find many more interesting facts about cats.
Looking for a friend for life? Check out the wonderful animals available for adoption at the Central Aroostook Humane Society. We are open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or you can call us at 764-3441.
Please have your pets spayed or neutered.
Photo courtesy of Christine Robinson
Marcus Ouellette, age 9, and his 4-year-old sister, Jenna Ouellette, had a yard sale and sold cookies, fudge and lemonade to benefit the shelter. They raised $50.
Scenes from Paws for the Cause walk
Staff photo/Kathy McCarty
ANNA ROBINSON joined one of her family’s dogs for the Paws for the Cause Walk in Presque Isle recently.
Staff photo/Kathy McCarty
MEGAN ROBINSON joined her dad, Tom Robinson, as they walked two of the family’s dogs on Saturday, June 7, making the loop around the Presque Isle Industrial Park as part of the Paws for the Cause fund-raiser for the Central Aroostook Humane Society.
Staff photo/Kathy McCarty
THIS FURRY PUP appeared to be enjoying the journey, as he led his owner on the annual Paws for the Cause walk to benefit the Presque Isle animal shelter.
Staff photo/Kathy McCarty
DAVY CYR, 10, of Presque Isle, got a workout as he tried to keep up with Zoey, a former tenant at the Central Aroostook Humane Society. Davy and his family adopted Zoey over a year ago and have become regular supporters of shelter events. Joining Davy on the walk, but not pictured, were his brother, Trace, and their parents, Jennifer and David Cyr III.
