I was helping with a geological survey in Essex County, Ontario, and while making a measurement on teh lawn of a farm, I suddenly saw a beautiful orange-and-white tabby right by my leg, looking up at me and clearly asking to be petted. I look up, and saw a bunch of kittens, so I thought these people are probably looking for homes for their kittens. I asked the farmer, and she told me the following story: They have four in-doors cats. The farm nearby got a barn cat, but only fed her twice a week, intending her to hunt mice the rest of the time. So the cat voted with her paws and moved to them. This process repeated itself twice more, so they suddenly had seven cats, three of which were out-doors and very pregnant. They had scheduled for these three to be spayed, but meanwhile they had nine kittens to find homes to... So Hugo went home with me. He is now a magnificent, sweet natured self-possessed tabby. Hugo would walk away if my baby girl pulled or squeeshed him, and now she knows to be gentle, and gets to cuddle mith Hugo.
By the way, he's a great mouser!
Sharon, NT
Inuvik, Canada
