Domestic Short Hair-Black Mix: An adopted cat in Kansas City, KS

1/28/11 UPDATE: RALPHIE HAS BEEN ADOPTED!

Date of birth: 4/06

11/3/10: Ralphie is a super mellow and laid back kind of guy. He loves to lounge in a comfy spot and catch up on his resting.

Ralphie is 4 years old. He's got a shiny black coat and gold eyes. He's been neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and tested for FIV and feline leukemia.

Ralphie gets along extremely well with other cats. He'd prefer a quiet home-- better for resting!

We transferred Ralphie from the KCK Animal Control shelter as part of our Ray of Hope program*. Ralphie looked like he'd had a pretty rough life when we first met him. He was missing a few teeth and was in rough shape. Now he's healthy and doing very well! He's been at...

1/28/11 UPDATE: RALPHIE HAS BEEN ADOPTED!

Date of birth: 4/06

11/3/10: Ralphie is a super mellow and laid back kind of guy. He loves to lounge in a comfy spot and catch up on his resting.

Ralphie is 4 years old. He's got a shiny black coat and gold eyes. He's been neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and tested for FIV and feline leukemia.

Ralphie gets along extremely well with other cats. He'd prefer a quiet home-- better for resting!

We transferred Ralphie from the KCK Animal Control shelter as part of our Ray of Hope program*. Ralphie looked like he'd had a pretty rough life when we first met him. He was missing a few teeth and was in rough shape. Now he's healthy and doing very well! He's been at our shelter for a lone time and we'd love to find him his forever home.

*Ray of Hope is a partnership between the Humane Society of Greater KC and the Kansas City Kansas Animal Control that has had amazing results: We've reduced KCK Animal Control's euthanasia from 70% in 2007 to under 2% in 2010. We utilize a network of rescue groups, other no kill shelters and adoption events. Our clinic provides the spay/neutering and other veterinary care. We need help to cover the costs associated with this life-saving program. If you can help us by donating to Ray of Hope, or by volunteering, please visit our web site at hsgkc.org.

MORE ON ADOPTING OUR CATS...

> Our goal is to send you home with a healthy pet and any information and support you may need to help your new pet adjust to his or her new home. All of our cats and kittens are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and tested for FIV and feline leukemia. Kittens who are too young to receive all the necessary kitten boosters and/or first rabies shot may be brought back to us for those vaccines at no extra charge. Please visit our web site for our adoption fees and all that's included. Take advantage of our ADOPT-A-BUDDY program: Adopt two cats or kittens together at a greatly reduced adoption fee.

> Most of our cats are not confined in cages but instead live in our spacious and sunny cat rooms. It's a great environment for them, it allows us to get to know them very well, and it's a nice environment for you to come in to visit -- and find your perfect match!

> Please visit our Petfinder home page or our web site at hsgkc.org for more information about our adoption process. An application is required to adopt a pet and applicants must meet our adoption requirements. You can download a pet adoption application from our web site and then fax or email it back to us.

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