National Cat
Day was founded by animal behaviorist and author,
Colleen Paige
and hosted by the
Animal Miracle
Foundation. One
purpose of National Cat Day is to help galvanize the public to
recognize the number of cats that need to be rescued each year.
Another is to urge you to celebrate the cat(s) in your life, to
give them unconditional love for the companionship they bestow.
Estimates reveal that there are approximately 4 million cats entering shelters every year with 1-2 million being euthanized. Often cats are overlooked and under-appreciated because they don't have jobs like dogs. But cats still lower blood pressure, offer unconditional love and companionship and alert their owner of danger.
Cats have so
many puuuurrrrsonalities and there is so much to love about
them! Even if you
can't adopt a cat, offer to volunteer to clean a cage or sit and
play with a cat for a while. Who knows? You may just fall in love!
Please visit your local shelter on October 29th, (the
officially recognized date), offering
love and life by adopting a homeless cat. The goal of National
Cat Day is to facilitate the adoption of 10,000 shelter cats
nationwide on National Cat Day.
"Of
all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash.
That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the
man, but it would deteriorate the cat."
-
Mark Twain
