I am thinking about getting another little kitten for Elwood to play with,
so I went to the local shelter today to see what it was like. I have never
visited a shelter before, it was quite a depressing experience.

I arrived at the local shelter, and there was a young girl about 17 or 18,
and a nice looking Black Lab, that seemed pretty friendly. She looked like
some new age raver type, piercings and all that jazz. I immediately felt bad
for this poor dog as he looked at me sadly. I wasn't really sure at this
point if he was coming or going.

I signed in, and went back to look at the cats. The sounds of the dogs were
very loud, and I decided right away that I wouldn't visit them, it would be
too depressing.

There were 3 cat rooms, all with cages along the walls. The first room had 6
cats in it, but I learned later that these were not up for adoption. I would
like to think they were already adopted, but I do not know that for sure.
Among them was some very affectionate little guys. One was a young Siamese
looking male, that meowed at me and rubbed her paws and head against the
cage so I could pet her. The other was a little red haired kitten that also
meowed softly and begged for affection. I probably would have taken one of
these two guys home today of they were available, even though I wasn't ready
to adopt today. When I was looking in this room, I saw the girl's Black Lab
being brought into the back. I guess he was staying.

The second room had some nice kitties as well probably four or five. One was
lucky young guy was later adopted by a young couple when I was there. There
was also a real nice young Tabby I guess they are called, with different
shaded gray stripes that was very nice too, I may go back for him when I am
ready in a few days. I opened his cage up, and petted him for a while, all
the while I am getting ready to cry because I am starting to wonder why some
of theses cats are here. What their stories are.

The last room only had two cats, and 6 little bunnies. One of the cat's sign
said "does not like other cats" but he looked friendly enough to me. The
other one was a long haired black cat, but he was sleeping, and there was
nothing written about him.

I went back and forth between the rooms for awhile, and took turns petting
the cats that seemed nice. That is when I witnessed the lucky little guy
being adopted. I was really thinking about bringing one home, but decided
against it for today.

When I was leaving, there was some hillbilly looking lady, with another dog,
trying to turn him in. I overheard the reason as being "he's too energetic"
He looked pretty calm sitting there, I think they were just idiots that
never played with it. I overheard one of the workers trying to talk her out
of it, but I didn't catch much of the conversation.

I feel bad for the poor people that work there, I barely made it an hour
before I had to leave.

Justin