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Nevilledog

(51,104 posts) Sat May 8, 2021, 10:56 AM May 2021

This is what happens when you take a break at an animal rescue center..

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This is what happens when you take a break at an animal rescue center.. (Original Post) Nevilledog May 2021 OP

Pet me, human! Ocelot II May 2021 #1

Animals know when a human has a good soul. GemDigger May 2021 #2

Same thing happened at a shelter I visited! forgotmylogin May 2021 #3

This retiree goes every day TexasBushwhacker May 2021 #9

Looks like our front porch! Bayard May 2021 #4

Very sweet! Leith May 2021 #5

Hey! The doggies are getting all the petting!!! Equal time for cats! Nt spooky3 May 2021 #6

Loving animals that some uncaring human threw away Ferrets are Cool May 2021 #7

Ahhh, a job with perks! pazzyanne May 2021 #8

Ocelot II

(115,692 posts)

1. Pet me, human!

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sat May 8, 2021, 11:02 AM

May 2021

Pet me, too!
And me!
Out of the way, dog!
Pet me some more!

Cats come right out of the woodwork when they see the human.

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)

2. Animals know when a human has a good soul.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sat May 8, 2021, 11:12 AM

May 2021

They flock to them like bees to a flower.

forgotmylogin

(7,528 posts)

3. Same thing happened at a shelter I visited!

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sat May 8, 2021, 11:50 AM

May 2021

They had a special closed-off "cat suite" of a few rooms where the non-aggressive house cats could roam and socialize uncaged. It had wood floors and junk furniture and cat-towers for them to lounge on and destroy. There were perhaps fifty cats residing there that I could see. The employee said "sit down if you dare" with a grin: immediate twelve-cat pile in my lap.