Have I mentioned that I grew up on a farm? “Out in the sticks,” as some would say.
There weren’t any no-kill cat rescues around. There was a shelter.
But most of the people around me went to a person’s house to adopt a cat or dog. Sadly, not many of our outside cats were ever spayed. Needless to say, we had plenty to give away. And when they left the farm, they weren’t spayed then either.

Back in 2003, when I went searching for my first indoor cat as an adult, I called some ads placed by people giving away or selling …read more