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November 25, 2001

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Darwin, the Cat of the Day
Name: Darwin
Age: Five years old
Gender: Male
Kind: Domestic Short Hair
Home: Mays Landing, New Jersey, USA
 
   This is my cat Darwin (aka Buddha-Belly,Darwingo, and Fatso). When I first saw him in the Adoption Center at PetSmart I fell in love with him through the glass. When I went back to adopt him the volunteer told me that he had been in various shelters for over a year. He had been scheduled to be euthanized because no one wanted him, but thankfully one of the shelter workers thought he was adoptable so they sent him to my local shelter. When I brought him home he walked right out of his carrier sniffed my dog, ignored my other cat, jumped up on the couch rolled on his back and demanded that we rub his belly. He has run the house ever since. He had been stressed so much at the shelter that he had licked himself bald in areas, and he was really underweight. Two years later he has a gorgeous coat and weighs a whopping 16 pounds (down from 17.5 pounds, we had to put him on a diet). I had no idea when I adopted Darwin how happy and crazy he would make us. When we aren't home he stresses and pulls out CDs, mail, magazines,and books and carries them around the house, but it's a small price to pay for the happiness he has brought to our home.
 

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