<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.fark.com/goto/10970802/coleandmarmalade.com/2020/10/01/why-did-it-take-over-six-years-for-this-sweet-cat-jane-to-be-adopted" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"> "Yesterday at the shelter was a sad, yet a very happy day. After coming in as a teenage stray in early January of 2014, Jane found her forever home yesterday". Welcome to a happy Caturday</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">.</span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Courtesy of <i>Cole and Marmalade</i> at:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://coleandmarmalade.com/2020/10/01/why-did-it-take-over-six-years-for-this-sweet-cat-jane-to-be-adopted/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark">https://coleandmarmalade.com/2020/10/01/why-did-it-take-over-six-years-for-this-sweet-cat-jane-to-be-adopted/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark</a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">———————————————</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><h1 class="g1-mega g1-mega-1st entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="color: var(--g1-itxt-color); margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; outline: 0px; font-size: 30px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.067; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; background-position: 0px 0px;">Why Did It Take OVER SIX YEARS For This Sweet Cat Jane To Be Adopted?!</h1></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Meet</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;"> Jane. Jane is like millions of other felines in the world fighting to find their place. Life has treated them like an afterthought and even worse, so do most humans. But she was given opportunities that many other animals are not. And it still wasn’t working for her.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;">Because after more than six years, Jane still hadn’t found her forever family! </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;">Jane’s story began on the cold streets of Wisconsin back in 2014. That is, her story that we KNOW of. You see, she and her sister Cocoa, had been found as teenagers living on the streets. The extremely frigid streets of Wisconsin; where winter temps regularly dip into negative numbers. But at the </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bchapets"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 255); border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">Buffalo County Humane Society,</span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;"> they would be warm and loved.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: gray; letter-spacing: 0.45pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;">Thank you to Julie for catching Jane and Cocoa two young sisters and bringing them to the shelter, so they are not suffering out in the cold anymore. They both have the sneezes and icky eyes and are being treated. For being wild they are taming down fast. I can pet and hold them already. I guess they realize where they have it good</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;"><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;">There were more differences between the sisters than Cocoa’s fluffy coat though. While they were both thrilled to be off the streets, they needed to find permanent homes. But for the literal MILLIONS of strays pulled from certain death, now begins the competition. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;">They are expected to be warm, friendly and outgoing during adoption events. To put their best “paw” forward and show potential families just what they’ll get by adopting them. But it’s not that simple at all. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;">Poor Jane was terrified being taken to adoption events at pet stores. </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;">And seeing a scared, hiding feline to adopters is NOT going to inspire them to open their home to them. This is the average person! Yes, there are those who specifically go looking for the “less adoptable” animals. Bless their hearts.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">It was about a year before the girls got their chances to shine. And in early February 2015, they were both adopted into homes! </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: gray; letter-spacing: 0.45pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;">Today was a VERY, VERY happy day times two at BCHA’s adoption fair. Both Cocoa and Jane sisters who had been up for adoption for 56 WEEKS and 6 DAYS both found new homes. Jane’s new dad came to the fair and wanted to know which cat we have had the longest and was having a hard time finding a new home. Jane is going to have fun playing with 2 kitty friends in a big five bedroom house</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Sadly, Jane was going to take a bit of work and a lot of patience to feel comfortable with her new siblings. But as much as he wished his new feline would be the perfect fit, his family wasn’t her end game. And she returned to the shelter after a few weeks, to continue to hold out hope. Here is where we are ALL very </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://coleandmarmalade.com/2019/05/23/deaf-cat-saved-from-streets-finds-the-perfect-new-owner-who-shares-special-connection/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 255); border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">grateful she wasn’t thrown back on the streets</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> as happens in some unsuccessful adoptions!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;">So sweet Jane waited. And waited and waited and waited. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;">The weeks turned into months, and the months into years. Shy Jane stayed with the staff who’d grown to love her. She was a guest in their foster homes and eventually when their new building opened November 2019, she made it her domain.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; padding: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: gray; letter-spacing: 0.45pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;">Once our shelter finally opened, Jane moved there. The new environment let her blossom! </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.45pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; border: none; padding: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: gray; letter-spacing: 0.45pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in;">The building has an open cat room, where each cat has a kennel. But as long as everyone is getting along, they can roam free (or roam free in shifts, if we need to keep a couple separated).</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.45pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">———————</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Photos . . .</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_100320_01.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_100320_01.jpg</a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_100320_02.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_100320_02.jpg</a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_100320_03.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_100320_03.jpg</a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_100320_04.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_100320_04.jpg</a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">———————————————</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br><div><b>“Caturday”</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by Linus Petit</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3</a></div><br><div dir="ltr"><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.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares</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><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“A stranger is just a friend you haven't met.” - Roy E. Stolworthy</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>