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Please Adopt This Cat. Please?
When Iggy decided that it was time to get a cat, she had been weighing the pros and cons for years. Single, employed, stable... lonely? Would a cat bring more joy than heartache? At the time, the answer was a clear YES. The therapeutic benefits to having friends in the animal kingdom have been well documented and though she often argued that she "even managed to kill a cactus once", we, her friends, encouraged Iggy to make her dream a reality.
It has been 2 years since that fateful drive down to the farm. I remember the deer in the yard... the youthful retirees in their jeans... the raggedy tennis ball barely visible in the slobbering mutt's jaws... and the empty litter. Empty but for the runt: Antigone.
"She's so little" we all exclaimed! When Iggy took her in her arms, we could see in her face... she fell in love. Antigone (which we later shortened to Tiggy) was a doll: fuzzy kitten fur, over-sized ears, candy pink nose... and those eyes! aquamarine eyes that looked more like polished marbles!
Alas! the good days have come and gone. Iggy, who left her wartorn homeland at the tender age of 7, leaving behind her parents and her childhood, finally has a chance to get close to her mum - it's been over 20 years. No one would pass that chance up! But Winnipeg building owners are apparently godless baby eaters who deny their tenants the joys of furry companionship.
According to the Residenial Tenency Branch, landlords are allowed to deny tenency to pet owners. But pet owners in Winnipeg know it's worst than that. If you can FIND a pet friendly building, they are likely to charge you more upfront. Even though Iggy is willing and able to pay more for the priviledge of keeping her Tiggy, she hasn't found a single doggone building willing to set her and Tiggy up.
She is being forced to choose between shelter and companionship - a decision NO ONE should ever have to make.
Enter Andi: I am a cat lover living in a pet-intolerant environment. If I could, Tiggy would come to live with me. So would every stray and orphaned pet I ever come across and ever will. So I am asking you to take Tiggy in my stead. And if you can't, ask around you. Please! For Tiggy's sake.
Below you will find additional information on Tiggy and her current owner and human companion as well as my contact info, if you or someone you know is interested in having Tiggy FLOWN OVER TO YOU AND HANDED OVER IN PERSON - garanteed.
Owner will arrange for pet to be flown via WestJet or will bring her anywhere in Canada herself. hand delivered cutie pie.
Pet has insurance with Purina, which covers 80% of on most things, like annual check ups, minor surgeries, shots, some major surgeries.
Owner is willing to continue paying the insurance if the new owner is unable to do so for the next year - negotiable.
Tiggy has been spayed and in top health.
Tiggy is litter trained.
Tiggy eats a mix of dry and wet food.
Contact me for more information. I can get you in touch with Iggy. Deadline is May 31 2009 (because Iggy needs to move into an apartment in June) with a possibility of extending till June 30 2009.