Massive kitten adoptathon scheduled Saturday

If you find kittens ridiculously adorable and feel an uncontrollable urge to shower them with love, then you may want to make plans Saturday to head over to the PetSmart at 2800 E. Millbrook Road in Raleigh. That’s where the SPCA of Wake County will be hosting a “SUPER kitten adoptathon” (their words, not mine) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 30 kittens will be available for adoption.

Apparently, summer is kitten season at the SPCA, which has seen a major influx in cats being left at the shelter. The shelter is attributing the kitten explosion to the declining economy, according to a news release.

Current hard times are forcing people to make some dififciutl decisions, such as giving up their pets. The increase in surrendered cats and dogs combined with teh decrease in adoptions is leading to increase euthanasia rates.

As an incentive, the shelter is reducing the adoption price to $47.50, which covers spaying/neutering, a microhip, deworming and vaccinations (including rabies).

Also on Saturday, 20 kittens and 50 cats will be available for adoption at the SPCA adoption center at 200 Petfinder Lane in Raleigh. Raleigh. If you need to see some kittens to get you in the mood, check out the kitten generator or this video of a kitten tht one of my coworkers recently adopted.

But if you’re going to adopt a kitten, don’t forget that they grow into cats that seem to live forever. I adopted my cats in 2000 and have been dragging them around with me ever since.