National Homeless Animal Day

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Today, Saturday August 19th, is National Homeless Animal Day.  It’s a day which officially involves candles and vigils, but in our house, candles are a fire hazard.  No one wants kitten flambe!  So, I thought I’d compromise by listing the names of our current crop of “previously homeless” animals:

  • Cricket (rejected by a pet store because she was a mixed breed)
  • Phoenix (adopted from the shelter after being found wandering the streets)
  • Chelsea and Jackson (facing the death penalty when their owner died)
  • Derek (another free spirit who was adopted from a shelter)
  • Frank (wandered up to our front door)
  • Missy Mae (a semi-feral cat who still needs to find a forever home)
  • Tie, Scampi, and Bing (found abandoned in the back of a truck at a car dealership)
  • Julius (a former pet shop bird who was purchased by a well-meaning person who wanted to set him free)
  • Petey (a parrot who lost his home because he was noisy)
  • Chile (a parrot who lost his home because he was noisy)(see the pattern?)

There are the formerly homeless animals who had our house as a waystation on their journey to new families:

  • Stewie (the first) and Andre (kittens)
  • Liam, Olivia, Charlie, and Anya (kittens)

There are also a few formerly homeless animals who’ve passed on, but who we’ll never forget:


  • Ethel, partner of Julius
  • Bubbe (parrotlet returned to a pet store because she was “messy")
  • Stewie the second (euthanized by the local shelter or died from illness while in the shelter)
  • Hobbes and Lou, my shelter cats from Canada

Last but not least, there are all the animals who are still homeless, who we hope to find one day, including the little white cat from Jerry’s Nugget casino (I call her “Yentl").  I definitely hope we get to her before her next batch of kittens.

For this occasion, Phoenix is going to be our honourary spokespet, because today she had a trip in the car for her post-surgical checkup.  She’s doing very well, her eyes are healing nicely, and I hope this will mean her eyes are more comfortable.  She looks sort of odd in the first photo because her surgery removed some of the pigment around her eye, but we think that will return eventually.  I give you, Phoenix, sans entropion and chalazion:

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As a special bonus, here’s Phoenix modeling her pink Doggles:

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(Excuse the horrible photo quality from our cell phone).  We adopted Phoenix about six years ago from the county animal shelter, which no longer exists.  It’s best that it no longer exists, because it was a dark, miserable place full of death and unhappiness.  The former building has now been taken over by our no-kill SPCA, and they do a super job.  If you need a great cat, dog, rabbit, or other creature, and you’re in the Las Vegas area, be sure to check out all the cuties up for adoption at the NVSPCA.  Flippy and I have been eyeing the dog, “Delilah”, but we just don’t have enough room.  She sure is a cutie, though!

Thanks to Susan at Wildrun for letting me know about NHAD.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 08/18 at 09:09 PM

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  1. My heart holds a special place for all our unwanted and homeless pets.  I fostered for a dog rescue for a short while.. but had to stop.. I adopted every dog I fostered. 
    I know my animal quota is pretty much filled with one cat and one dog.. but I am always on the look out.  The sweet faces at the NVSPCA broke my heart.  Delilah looks so sweet.  I understand how you would like to add her to your home.  If she were here in Winnipeg, I would probably take her myself.  Often I think Coco would love a sibling.  I am not so sure about Bear. grin

    Posted by Coll  on  08/19  at  01:18 PM

  2. I certainly know all about wanting to keep the ones you foster wink Is that how you originally adopted Coco?

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  08/21  at  10:33 PM

  3. Yes.. that is how Coco came into our life.  I also was fostering a sweet little poodle at that time.  I adopted both of them.  Bear was NOT impressed grin.

    Posted by Coll  on  08/23  at  01:21 PM

  4. Coll, I don’t think I know about your poodle—are their photos of him/her on your blog?

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  08/26  at  10:23 PM
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