Dear Friends,

I felt I had to write and tell you of my success story with a petite little cat called “Star” whom I adopted on January 13, 2008. She is now called “Lulu” and at the time I adopted her, I was told that she had been caged all of her life. She has feline asthma, which requires medication, a heart murmur and is sensitive to anesthesia, all of which made her harder to adopt out.

I have two other cats, alumna of North Shore and I wanted to add another cat to our household. In the first week I had Star; she didn’t eat, hissed and struck out at me, and growled if I approached her. I was worried that she wouldn’t get her meds if she didn’t eat, and of course, I didn’t want a cat I had to be afraid of.

Each time I thought - this is it, I can’t deal with this - she gave me some sign of improvement, and little by little, we became friends. She scampers around with Jamie and Scooter, takes her pill with the help of “pill pockets” and loves to loll around in the sun. This was basically a cat with no socialization, had never seen the sun or been in a home environment, and in four weeks has adjusted to life on the outside. I think that is wonderful and a lesson to us all that with love and kindness, a great deal is possible. We love our Lulu, and she now has a home for life.

Yours truly,

Judith Dunne