Forever Home: Two 'paw-some' adoption updates
This week's edition of Forever Home keeps us in-studio so we can showcase the backlog of Your Pet Photos while also updating you on some really 'paws-itive' news from Queen City Cats. A couple of our former Forever Home features have finally been adopted!
You all have to remember Nayla from Queen City Cats, right? She's the fun-loving, chonky, and very playful girl who was on a weight loss journey when we first met. We were introduced to Nayla around the start of the year, but it wasn't until just recently that she secured her Forever Home and human. Their adoption day photos are so sweet, and they look like two peas in a pod. Congratulations to Nayla and her adopter!
We have another Queen City Cat and Forever Home alumni that found their permanent human recently, and they didn't even have to go far. Mercy is a gorgeous, female, tux cat that we met many months ago. The owner and founder of Queen City Cats, Miche, just recently adopted Mercy herself and is giving her a new opportunity to enjoy life to its fullest. Mercy couldn't have asked for a better adopter than Miche, someone who is at the top of their cat game all day, every day.
We have a Forever Home episode tentatively scheduled for next Tuesday, but it will be another round of Your Pet Photos and adoption updates (from Central Vermont Humane Society). The next time we will introduce you to a new pet for adoption will be around mid-March with our friends at the North Country Animal League. Until then, be well and take care!
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