Amanda and Kate & Juliet

First Place:

Rescue or shelter:      Brooklyn Animal Care & Control

Age at adoption:         20

Year adopted:             2010

 

Hello!  Here is my senior adoption story!

These sweethearts are Kate and Juliet.  I adopted them from a shelter when they were 20 years old.  You read that right – 20 years old!  They were abandoned by their owner’s family after their owner died.  I learned about their plight on Facebook and didn’t think they deserved to die alone in a cold shelter where they were totally separated from each other!  Both were very depressed there – they were so happy to be reunited when I got them home.  They curled up in the tightest little ball and slept together for HOURS.  I loved them from the start and it didn’t matter that they were old, I was going to love them for whatever time they had left.  Sadly, Kate truly didn’t have much time – she passed away just four months later.  Juliet flourished and became my constant companion, my Velcro kitty, before she passed away suddenly – a year to the day after her sister.  Adopting these adorable, mellow senior sisters made me realize that regardless of age – every animal deserves love, kindness, and dignity.  Kate and Juliet, my beautiful grannies, will live on in all that I do to advocate for senior pets!

Amanda C.

(Editor’s note: Kate and Juliet not only inspired Amanda to adopt them, they inspired her to start her own senior cat rescue! Click to read about The Grannie Project.)

Here are a few favorite pics:

Kate

Juliet

Kate didn’t visit the other pets much but she did take an interest in Hope – our puppy mill survivor.  Hope is very quiet and Kate was always so curious about her.

  After Kate passed, Juliet bonded to my dog Eldie – he followed her around and she slept with him all the time (when she wasn’t sleeping on me).

 

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