CWS Adoption board overflowing

Posted on January 11, 2007 by calsifer

Dawn said this yesterday.

It’s not very good news, this means we’ll have to rethink the plan to put Angel up again now. We’ll probably postpone publishing her adoption notice. There’s no point putting her on the adoption board now when it’s all the young cutesy pies dominating it.

Poor Angel, this is the second time we’re delaying the renewal of her adoption notice because of tough competition.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007  

Adoption board overflowing

The adoption volunteer told me that there were more than 40 cats posted in the first 9 days of January. There are a lot of people posting cats but unfortunately adoptions at this period are also very low. They generally dip at the year end as people go away for holidays or prepare for festive seasons and often do not pick up again till after Chinese New Year.

If you are putting a cat up for adoption and can hold the cat, it may be best to post it a little later – with the flood of cats and kittens, chances are your cat is going to be one of many, and that it is going to have a lower probability of getting adopted.

I’ve noticed as well the number of people picking up cats seems to go up at the end of the year. I’m not sure if it happens because people are on leave and have more time to notice these things, or they see cats getting wet in the rain or for whatever reason, but a lot of people write in saying they have picked up a cat and can’t keep it. One just wrote in yesterday – I asked them to look for the mother cat and they went back and the mother cat was there. The kitten was returned safely to the mother cat.

Heading out now to deliver cat traps and the Scarecrow to someone else who needs it.

posted by Dawn @ 12:29 PM

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Filed under: Angel, Blogging Cats, Homeseekers / Adoption

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5 Responses

  1. Big Ears, on January 11th, 2007 at 10:15 am Said:

    Cheer up dear, I found 3 in the month of Dec!

  2. calsifer, on January 11th, 2007 at 10:21 am Said:

    Thanks, Big Ears.

    It’s just that I feel very bad for the poor girl. Her adoption runs are always so full of obstacles.

    Also, I do have to answer to her sponsors too, not that they’re pressurising me in any way to get her adopted, but I do feel the responsibility.

  3. Marilyn, on January 11th, 2007 at 1:12 pm Said:

    No need to worry. No pressure :o ) … We all want what’s best for Angel.

  4. Big Ears, on January 11th, 2007 at 1:26 pm Said:

    Hmm… after reading Angel’s story, I could understand why you are stress. Now I feel the pinch too.

  5. calsifer, on January 11th, 2007 at 9:25 pm Said:

    Marilyn,
    Thanks. I know it too, I guess I’m a bit too hard on myself over it :P

    Big Ears,
    Yes. Thankfully, Angel is being sponsored, and Marilyn’s one of her kind sponsors.

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