Top Ten Reasons to Adopt a Cat

June 13, 2012 by Naperville Animal Hospital

It’s National Adopt-A-Cat Month again, and it is time to think about the benefits of providing a home for a shelter cat. Here are the top ten reasons to offer up your home to a cat in need:

10. Who doesn’t need some extra help controlling rodents/bugs/miscellaneous pieces of fluff on the floor?

9. Cats from shelters/rescues frequently come fully vaccinated and spayed or neutered so that you don’t have to worry about doing it.

8. We all know that a house without a cat in not truly a home.

7. You can sleep better at night knowing you are providing an animal with a comfortable home rather than letting it live out its life in a cage.

6. Because you’ll know every time your kitty looks at you with those loving eyes that you did the right thing.

5. By adopting an animal, you make room and resources available for another life to be saved.

4. When you adopt an older animal, you have a better idea of what you are getting. Personality traits and medical issues are likely to already have been identified.

3. Everyone needs an extra cuddle-buddy!

2. Having pets has been shown to reduce stress and improve quality of life.

1. Combat the pet overpopulation problem. Three to four million animals are euthanized in shelters every year.

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