Posted: December 21, 2009, 3 a.m. EST
Associates from PetSmart, PetSmart Charities, Street Cat Cat Rescue and the Wiggins family, who adopted Calli, center, celebrate the landmark adoption. Photo by Sherrie Buzby. |
A 5-month-old kitten named Calli in Thornton, Ontario, Canada, has found her furever home, thanks to Street Cats Animal Rescue and PetSmart Charities of Canada. But Calli is no ordinary kitten. She represents the 100,000th pet
adopted in Canada from a PetSmart Charities of Canada Adoption Center.
Calli was adopted by the Wiggins family, who visited the Barrie PetSmart store to buy supplies for their three other pets: a cat named Mandy, a Chinchilla named Chinn and a rescued boxer-terrier mix named Bree. "We weren't sure we were ready for another cat," said Vivian Wiggins. "In September, we lost our beloved 17-year old cat Sasha, and we knew that Mandy missed having a feline companion. When we saw Calli in the adoption display, we knew she was the one for us."
The Street Cats Animal Rescue saved Calli from the local SPCA, and after spending a brief time in their care, Calli was ready to go to her forever home. "She won my husband Bill over immediately," said Wiggins. "We knew that she would be a great addition to our family." The Wiggins children — Robert, Matthew, Darryl and Kara — were excited to have a new kitten in the family.
Already, Calli has made herself at home with the Wiggins family, sleeping with 11-year-old Kara every night and acting as a mediator between Mandy and Bree.
"We are so excited to have reached this amazing milestone in Canada," said PetSmart Charities Executive Director Susana Della Maddalena. "With the support of PetSmart and a partnership with more than 125 animal-welfare organizations, shelters and rescue groups in Canada, we are closer than ever to ending the tragedy of euthanasia."