Today was my seventh day interning at the Humane Society, and this week everyone is just prepping for the weeks to come when it will officially be Kitten Season!
I was with Melissa again, but there weren't any kittens in the front room yet so we began cleaning Cat Isolation. There are about fifteen cats in Cat Iso currently, as a few new ones came over the weekend. I was panicked when I first came in because Jake and Broadway's cages were empty, and I was worried that the Clinic had to put Jake down because he was sick, but I wasn't sure since he was improving. In the meantime, we cleaned their cages, and I've already grown attached to a small, new cat named Tink who has a genetic mutation in her paws so she has extra toe, which looks like a thumb on her paws. Another new cat, Kitty, has a giant snaggle tooth, but she is a good sport and somewhat of an escape artist.
When we moved to Drop Off I found Broadway in a larger cage and on the Adoption Floor I saw Jake, which made me happy! Also, a cat that was previously moved to Quarantine finally returned to the Adoption Floor, and made me grateful to everyone who works at the Humane Society. They tirelessly work to ensure the animals' safety, and do everything they can to make them better again, and it usually pays off. The workers at the Humane Society are not people who easily give up if there's a chance to help an animal, and that makes me proud to be working there even if it's just for my Senior Project.
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