In honor of national Adopt-A-Cat Month, the Santa Maria Valley Humane Society, in accordance with the American Humane Society, is encouraging local residents to adopt or a cat or kitten.
Also during the month of June, the Humane Society is hosting the “Seniors Helping Seniors” cat adoption program, which waives the adoption fee for people 65 and older who want to adopt a senior cat, aged 7 or older.
Animal shelters like the Santa Maria Valley Humane Society are usually busiest during the spring and summer months because thousands of unspayed cats start giving birth to kittens.
In order to find these cats and kittens loving homes—thereby freeing up some much-needed space—Humane Society staffers are inviting locals to visit the shelter at 751 Black Road in Santa Maria.
For more information about the Santa Maria Valley Humane Society and Adopt-A-Cat month, call 349-3435 or visit www.smvhs.org.
This article appears in Jun 19-26, 2008.