What Freedom Means to a Shelter Cat

At the Wayne Township Animal Shelter we are lucky to have a room that we call the "free roaming cat room", which is a chance for a few of our furry cat friends to experience freedom for awhile outside of their cages.

And it's amazing how happy and content our cats are just being in this small and simple room.  Even though it's not much bigger than most people's bathrooms, it means the world to them to be able to stretch their legs, socialize, lounge, walk at will, and more importantly, just to simply be a cat...

These cats spend most of their hours bored and lonely in a metal shelter cage, just waiting for someone to come in and give them a chance and a forever home.  Some have been waiting a very long time for no good reason (especially Potsie the grey cat in the middle of the photo), overlooked with no choice but to continue to wait in their cages.

They get a small taste of freedom that our "free roaming cat room" allows, but it breaks my heart to see them so happy and grateful for this temporary opportunity, and know that they don't even realize what real freedom is, and how much better it can get in a big house where they are free to roam all the time and have a loving owner to cuddle with too.  They just appreciate the simple things in this room and accept their fate and continue to wait patiently.

I think we can all learn a lot from shelter animals.  Even after being abandoned, abused and unloved, they still remain the same loving soul, pure at heart, and always seem to be willing to give another person a chance, even after they have been let down before, sometimes multiple times.  And all the while, they never stop appreciating the very simplest things in life...

If you decide to adopt a shelter animal into your heart and home, please check out the friendly furry faces just waiting to meet you at the Wayne Township Animal Shelter!

WHERE TO FIND US:

WAYNE TOWNSHIP ANIMAL SHELTER

201 Pompton Plains Crossroads

Wayne, NJ 07470

(Located off Route 23 North; take the Jackson Avenue exit)

Website:  www.petfinder.com/shelters/NJ516.html

Phone: 973-694-0767

Fax: 973-616-1270

Email: animalshelter@waynetownship.com

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Check out the link below to see the many loveable furry friends awaiting adoption at the Wayne Township Animal Shelter!  Many of these animals have very sad stories of abandonment and have been waiting at the shelter for a long time, but they still hold out hope for a second chance to get out of their shelter cage one day.  At the Wayne Township Animal Shelter we are committed to finding our dogs and cats loving forever homes which means matching them with the right owner.

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CHECK OUT ALL OF OUR ADOPTABLE ANIMALS HERE:  www.petfinder.com/shelters/NJ516.html