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My name is
Oscar!

Posted over 6 months ago | Updated over 3 weeks ago

My basic info

Breed
Domestic Shorthair
Color
Black (Mostly)
Age
Adult
Sex
Male
Pet ID
20441985
Hair Length
short

My details

Checkmark in teal circle Good with cats
Checkmark in teal circle Shots current
Checkmark in teal circle Spayed / Neutered
Checkmark in teal circle Housetrained

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

This is one sweet cat!   Such a lover boy! Meet Oscar de la Renta--Oscar for short--found wandering alone on the Stanford campus.  Oscar is quite happy to have abandoned his solitary self-sufficient existence in exchange for a nice warm bed, food and treats, and lots of belly rubs.  He is solid black, but has cute little white nibs on his front toes and traces on his chest and belly. He does love his people and wants to be around you at all times.  But, will allow you to sit quietly as long as he is near you.  And talk about purring!  Constant happy purr just to be with you.  He loves his string toys and is very gentle while getting his pats and pets.  Oscar is approximately 1 year old and is in good health.  He is neutered, up to date on vaccines, and microchipped ( as well as litter trained!).  Please reach out if you have any questions about Oscar or would like to welcome him into your home.
email   contact @felinefriendsnetwork.org

October 27, 2024, 2:47 pm
Rescue

Contact info

Pet ID
20441985
Contact
Kathleen Creger
Email
Address
PO Box18287, Stanford, CA 94309

Their adoption process

Additional adoption info

We have applicants fill out the application--usually online. Someone calls to talk wit the applicant to find out more about their needs and desires. If we find all in order on the phone, we invite the person to visit the cat in the foster home. If it seems the 2 are a good match, we visit the potential new home to be sure all looks according to what was said and that they are ready for the cat. We then deliver the cat to the home. They must be willing to keep the cat inside and have a safe place for the cat to retreat to if he needs it. Plus secure screens. Of course, agree to keep the cat healthy with yearly exams, immunizations, good food and fresh water, fresh litter, etc.

Adoption application

Go meet their pets

We have adoption fairs on the 1st Saturday of each month from 1-4 at the Pet Food Express at 1768 Miramonte Ave in Mountain View

Our cats are posted on our website
feline friends network.org
and on Petfinder
petfinder.org

More about this rescue

In 1989, Stanford University had a problem with roaming cats all over the campus. Too many students think kittens are cute and adopt, but realize at the end of the year, mom won't let them bring them home, so they let them go (there is a no pets policy in campus housing). The university decided to exterminate these feral cats. But a group of people who had been trying to care for some of these cats got together to take care of this issue by trapping them all, getting the metered, taking many in that were tame enough to be pets, and attracting others to special feeding stations on the campus that are watched and fed and watered daily by volunteers. Through adoptions and attrition over the years, the number of regular ferals we have on the campus now is at about 15. We continue to find new cats as people dump them, but we also have a policy of adopters returning the cats to us if they must surrender them instead of taking them to a shelter where they would most likely be killed. We also find many lost cats and reunite them with their owners.
We always need volunteers to do the feeding, fostering, and some administration work like making flyers for our adoptable cats and posting them and putting them on various websites. We do a once a year holiday letter with information about what is happening along with a donation appeal. We need donations to purchase good food for our ferals, get our cats neutered and make sure they are healthy. Vets are quite expensive, even with our shelter discount. We have no real administrative overhead except for stamps and paper.

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