<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Some humans believe in love at first sight. In the case of Tres and Lilly, you could say it was love at first sniff, just in time for Caturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of the <i>Idaho Statesman</i> at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article141716124.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark">http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article141716124.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><div><h1 class="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px 35px; font-family: 'McClatchy Slab', Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; font-size: 52px; padding: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">A Simply Cats love story: They touched noses, then were inseparable</h1></div><div>Some humans believe in love at first sight. So why not cats?</div><div><br></div><div>In the case of Tres and Lilly, it might have been love at first sniff, or nuzzle.</div><div><br></div><div>These lovers met at Simply Cats, where they both ended up in early March after time on the street.</div><div><br></div><div>As soon as they met in here, they touched noses. And then they rubbed, and then they started grooming,” said Deb McDougall, outreach coordinator at Simply Cats. “That is really, really unusual.”</div><div><br></div><div>Tres was a strapping 2-year-old black-and-white cat, with an injured back foot. His leg had to be amputated but he seemed to be getting around pretty well on three legs earlier this week. Lily, just a year old, was a lovely, long-haired cat with a sweet demeanor and graceful gait.</div><div><br></div><div>“The people who brought her in said the neighbors abandoned her, and she was outside for four months,” McDougall said. “They fed her and another cat. Then they found a home for the other cat, and Lilly was completely despondent because she was alone.”</div><div><br></div><div>Tres and Lilly were given their own room, and they spent a lot of time snuggled up together.</div><div><br></div><div>The staff at Simply Cats rarely ask that two cats be adopted together because their goal is to get each cat to a good home as soon as possible. But they decided to try to find a place where the two lovers could be together.</div><div><br></div><div>And there was a happy ending to this story Wednesday afternoon, when they pair were adopted by a cat lover from Baker City, according to McDougall.</div><div><br></div><div>Simply Cats is at 2833 S. Victory View, Boise. Adoption hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. Thursday.</div></div><div><br></div><div>----------</div><div><br></div><div>Video</div><div> </div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Staff and volunteers at Simply Cats in Boise say two cats that met there - Tres and Lilly - were instantly smitten. They sought to have the pair adopted together because they were so bonded. (Video by Katy Moeller)</span></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/living/article141695074.html">http://www.idahostatesman.com/living/article141695074.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">----------</span></div><div><br></div><div>Simply Cat provides personality information about all the cats it cares for. Lily was a little more outgoing than her companion, Tres.</div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040117_01.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040117_01.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>----------</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Simply Cat provides personality information about all the cats it cares for. Tres was a little more reserved than his companion, Lilly.</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040117_02.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040117_02.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>----------</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This sign hung in the room that Tres and Lily shared at Simply Cats. Staff hoped the pair would be adopted together.</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040117_03.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040117_03.jpg</a></div><div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 1px; height: 1px; line-height: normal; overflow: hidden;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">Read more here: <a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article141716124.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark#storylink=cpy">http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article141716124.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark#storylink=cpy</a></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 1px; height: 1px; line-height: normal; overflow: hidden;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">Read more here: <a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article141716124.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark#storylink=cpy">http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article141716124.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark#storylink=cpy</a></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 1px; height: 1px; line-height: normal; overflow: hidden;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Read more here: <a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article141716124.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark#storylink=cpy">http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article141716124.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark#storylink=cpy</a></span></div></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>