I was a volunteer for a few years at King Street Cats, which is Alexandria, VA's only all-volunteer no-kill rescue (well, orphanage really). During my time as an adoption counselor, we had a Turkish Van named Tommy who never made a peep but was very rambunctious and playful. He'd been there about 6 months and I always thought he was adorable.
One weekend during adoption hours, while I was on the schedule with another counselor (who knew how much I liked Tommy) some people came in and ended up being interested in him. They asked the other counselor for an application and mentioned putting it in on him. Well, she gave them an application and after they left, she told me and gave me an application! I put it in, the person that reviews the applications called me thinking it was a joke, and I explained. Took him home the next weekend. Do I feel bad that another interested party didn't get a chance to know him? A little. Do I regret "stealing" him? Nope!
PEYTON, CO
