There’s a new brindle beauty in town, and she’s looking for a supurrb family to call her own.
When Community Animal Project fieldworkers first met the teen kitten, it was in rural northeastern North Carolina, where PETA’s rescue team answers endless calls for animals in desperate need. This call came from a well-intentioned resident who—after beginning to feed the free-roaming cats on his property—had become overwhelmed.
Among the kitty crew was the dark tortoiseshell gal, who was a little worse fur wear: The tip of her tail was broken, with exposed bone and necrotic tissue, requiring amputation. Knowing he couldn’t commit to recovering the special-needs girl indoors and with supervision, the cats’ owner was purrsuaded to bid the tween tortie adieu.
This ginger-and-black belle was dubbed Rakia—an homage to the BP oil spill survivor and PETA’s very own tortie ambassador herself. Prior to her room 16 stint, Rakia was quite the shy Sheila—some might’ve even called her unsocial. Which is why her fosters gave her ample time to herself—to decompress, to adjust, and to recognize that she was safe and loved. With a little time, a lot of patience, and all the respect and autonomy possible, Rakia’s fun-loving personality began to shine through. Because a move to a permanent home would be another major adjustment for this shy but sweet bébé chat, Rakia’s adopter will need to be very cat-savvy.
While Rakia is now a wand toy black belt and a litterbox pro (not to mention Ezekiel’s latest crush) and she has come so far since her initial foster days of hiding under the bed, with hissing being her main form of communication, she could experience a behavioral backslide when moving to her new, true furever home. That is to say, she would not be an ideal cat companion for a first-time cat guardian. She will also require at least one confident feline friend to share her new home with. (While her current foster digs include two canine companions, TBH, she confided in me that she could take or leave a dog roomie.)
Rakia is roughly 7 months old. She’s spayed, microchipped, and vaccinated, and her tail is nearly fully healed. E-mail Adopt@peta.org and inquire about applying!
There’s a new brindle beauty in town, and she’s looking for a supurrb family to call her own.
When Community Animal Project fieldworkers first met the teen kitten, it was in rural northeastern North Carolina, where PETA’s rescue team answers endless calls for animals in desperate need. This call came from a well-intentioned resident who—after beginning to feed the free-roaming cats on his property—had become overwhelmed.
Among the kitty crew was the dark tortoiseshell gal, who was a little worse fur wear: The tip of her tail was broken, with exposed bone and necrotic tissue, requiring amputation. Knowing he couldn’t commit to recovering the special-needs girl indoors and with supervision, the cats’ owner was purrsuaded to bid the tween tortie adieu.
This ginger-and-black belle was dubbed Rakia—an homage to the BP oil spill survivor and PETA’s very own tortie ambassador herself. Prior to her room 16 stint, Rakia was quite the shy Sheila—some might’ve even called her unsocial. Which is why her fosters gave her ample time to herself—to decompress, to adjust, and to recognize that she was safe and loved. With a little time, a lot of patience, and all the respect and autonomy possible, Rakia’s fun-loving personality began to shine through. Because a move to a permanent home would be another major adjustment for this shy but sweet bébé chat, Rakia’s adopter will need to be very cat-savvy.
While Rakia is now a wand toy black belt and a litterbox pro (not to mention Ezekiel’s latest crush) and she has come so far since her initial foster days of hiding under the bed, with hissing being her main form of communication, she could experience a behavioral backslide when moving to her new, true furever home. That is to say, she would not be an ideal cat companion for a first-time cat guardian. She will also require at least one confident feline friend to share her new home with. (While her current foster digs include two canine companions, TBH, she confided in me that she could take or leave a dog roomie.)
Rakia is roughly 7 months old. She’s spayed, microchipped, and vaccinated, and her tail is nearly fully healed. E-mail Adopt@peta.org and inquire about applying!
We chat with prospective adopters via phone about the individual animals and their households.
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Meet the Pet
We primarily adopt out to the East Coast. If the adopter is local, we arrange a meeting. If not local, we will transport.
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Home Check
We complete home checks prior to adoption.
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Great matches are our goal! We go through an application process, phone interview, and a home visit to ensure our adoptable animals and their prospective new families are the right fit for each other.
Great matches are our goal! We go through an application process, phone interview, and a home visit to ensure our adoptable animals and their prospective new families are the right fit for each other.
Our adoptable animals are in foster homes awaiting adoption.
Our adoptable animals are in foster homes awaiting adoption.
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PETA’s Community Animal Project (CAP) has improved the lives of thousands of animals in Virginia and North Carolina. CAP rescues local animals directly. We go into the very poorest of neighborhoods to deliver food, doghouses, and bedding to neglected animals who have never known a kind word or touch. Since the program’s inception in 2001, PETA’s mobile clinics have spayed or neutered more than 224,200 companion animals, preventing the births and inevitable suffering of hundreds of thousands of unwanted dogs and cats in Virginia and North Carolina, all through low-cost or free sterilization surgeries. Our adoptable animals often come from in-field surrenders.
PETA’s Community Animal Project (CAP) has improved the lives of thousands of animals in Virginia and North Carolina. CAP rescues local animals directly. We go into the very poorest of neighborhoods to deliver food, doghouses, and bedding to neglected animals who have never known a kind word or touch. Since the program’s inception in 2001, PETA’s mobile clinics have spayed or neutered more than 224,200 companion animals, preventing the births and inevitable suffering of hundreds of thousands of unwanted dogs and cats in Virginia and North Carolina, all through low-cost or free sterilization surgeries. Our adoptable animals often come from in-field surrenders.
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