Mom and Dad's new cat

I am very proud of my parents for adopting this cat. Not because they adopted a cat, because they were looking to do that anyway, but because they are forgoing the cute and fuzzy kitten stage in order to shower this cat with the love it obviously desparately needs. As my dad says, the cat is going to 'cat heaven' (well, not literally...) a large farmhouse with mice to chase and people to love.

This is the story of their cat, it was in the Halifax Herald, which is how they heard about Cinnamon in the first place:


Thursday, August 12, 2004
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The Halifax Herald Limited
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By BARRY DOREY / Staff Reporter
Nobody knows how many of Cinnamon the Cat's nine lives got used up Wednesday morning.
Suffice it to say that after countless cars and trucks dodged and swerved around her as she sat abandoned inside a box in the middle of rush-hour traffic, she is lucky to have any left.
"There had been a large box in the middle of Dunbrack Street and this woman pulled over to move it," said Terri Simpson of the Woodbury Animal Hospital on Robie Street.
"And when she picked it up, something was moving inside. It was all taped up. When she took the tape off, this little cat popped out."
The woman scooped up the terrified seven-month-old, black and orange cat and delivered her to the vet clinic.
Now the staff at the hospital are hoping someone will want Cinnamon to spice up their lives.
"We have so many (cats) here now that are looking for homes. So anyone who would be willing to rescue her, we would be more than happy to hear from them," said Ms. Simpson, an assistant vet.
She said the cat-dumping scheme was "cruel" and hopefully will never be repeated. She asked anyone who might have seen the person who dropped the box, sometime before 9 a.m., to contact the office.
"Our concern is that, if they dump them in our parking lot in a box, that's one thing," said Ms. Simpson.
"But to leave them in the middle of the road like that, it's pretty scary that someone so cruel would do that."
The woman who picked up the cat did not identify herself to the Woodbury staff.
Ms. Simpson said the woman tried unsuccessfully to have a relative adopt Cinnamon before transporting her to the vet.
"I think she felt bad" that she couldn't keep the cat.
Anyone interested in adopting Cinnamon can contact Terri or Julie at 455-7297.
Until then, the feline is "hanging out having something to eat in her kennel. She's all vaccinated and tested for feline leukemia.
"She's doing well, she's a very lovable cat."