“We have adopted two kitties from Furry Friends,” Sierra says. 
“We adopted River (formerly Anthony) in July of 2023 because we had just moved into a new home and had wanted to get our daughter a kitten for quite some time. We already had one cat, Little Kitty, whom we had adopted sight unseen in 2020. And although she turned out to be a beautiful and loving middle-aged cat, she didn’t fulfill our daughter’s hopes of having her own baby kitten.

“I lost my comfort animal, Aussie, early in November,” Annie explains. “He had suffered from several complicated medical issues the last few years, and we had to say goodbye at a time when I needed him most. Soon after, a fluffy boy at Furry Friends caught my eye. He looked a lot like Aussie, only larger, with blue eyes instead of orange. Since I volunteer at Furry Friends, I brought my husband and sister in to meet him.

“My husband Kent and I, as well as both of our grown sons, have been lifelong cat lovers,” Lori says. “In 2016, we adopted a rescue from a friend who was the ‘cat love of our lives.’ We named him Griffey because our second love is baseball. We later adopted Jeter from Kent’s cousin, and Griffey and Jeter became fast friends. Sadly, Griffey had an underlying heart issue that went undetected, and we lost him to a saddle thrombosis in March of 2023. While Kent and I grieved for Griffey, Jeter grieved more. He lost his purr, wouldn’t eat or play and went into a deep depression. We weren’t ready for a new kitty but Jeter was.

“Furry Friends helped my partner Mark and I save a seriously injured pregnant momma cat we named Sabrina,” explains Gail.

 “We not only fostered her, we were overjoyed and awed to actually assist in the birth of her six beautiful babies! We both knew, from the moment we rescued her, that we wanted Sabrina for our own. After several successful surgeries due to her significant injuries and months of healing, she’s finally ours.