<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.fark.com/goto/11537287/www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/19-old-cat-adopted-shelter-180506838.html%3Futm_source%3Dfark%26utm_medium" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Shelter: "Happy birthday to this beautiful fella who would love a nice, quiet home to live out his golden years.The only rule for adopting Sammy, though? You have to throw him a 20th birthday party on 6/15/22". Welcome to Caturday</span></a><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><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Courtesy of Yahoo at:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/19-old-cat-adopted-shelter-180506838.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFyay5jb20vZ290by8xMTUzNzI4Ny93d3cueWFob28uY29tL2xpZmVzdHlsZS8xOS1vbGQtY2F0LWFkb3B0ZWQtc2hlbHRlci0xODA1MDY4MzguaHRtbCUzRnV0bV9zb3VyY2UlM0RmYXJrJTI2dXRtX21lZGl1bQ&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABfuXRuafAQW7KaY5FrsWZ4dGsnvXdUavk4WnWwY45t-Z9EB5-wDcnH-vsqP7UJ9AnnGzhoKlbSco6pMRzl0F1bgBjs2Inb-NVME4QoW1bTs5ZNLkdynHjBbvsm1KsrNTKkhXgvoyItGq9UyaVo9OetyTXPn2MP3I6Wvx7YfjUdj">https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/19-old-cat-adopted-shelter-180506838.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFyay5jb20vZ290by8xMTUzNzI4Ny93d3cueWFob28uY29tL2xpZmVzdHlsZS8xOS1vbGQtY2F0LWFkb3B0ZWQtc2hlbHRlci0xODA1MDY4MzguaHRtbCUzRnV0bV9zb3VyY2UlM0RmYXJrJTI2dXRtX21lZGl1bQ&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABfuXRuafAQW7KaY5FrsWZ4dGsnvXdUavk4WnWwY45t-Z9EB5-wDcnH-vsqP7UJ9AnnGzhoKlbSco6pMRzl0F1bgBjs2Inb-NVME4QoW1bTs5ZNLkdynHjBbvsm1KsrNTKkhXgvoyItGq9UyaVo9OetyTXPn2MP3I6Wvx7YfjUdj</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">————————————————-</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><h1 data-test-locator="headline" style="font-size: 3.08em; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-stretch: normal; font-family: "Yahoo Sans", YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">19-Year-Old Cat Adopted After His Shelter Birthday Party Goes Viral</h1></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">Sammy, a senior <a href="https://www.dailypaws.com/cats-kittens/cat-breeds/persian" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 58, 188); text-decoration: none;">Persian</span></a> mix cat, had his birthday wish come true after photos of his 19th birthday party went viral on Facebook and TikTok.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">When staff members at <a href="https://cincinnatianimalcare.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 58, 188); text-decoration: none;">Cincinnati Animal CARE</span></a> discovered the sweet cat's birthday was coming up, they decided to throw him a well-deserved birthday bash. Sammy's human friends decked out his cage with streamers, a birthday banner and-of course-heaps of cat food. The birthday boy even dressed up for the occasion and donned a sparkly blue hat with a matching bow.<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; color: rgb(29, 34, 40); background-color: white;"><br></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(29, 34, 40); background-color: white;">"Happy birthday to this beautiful fella who would love a nice, quiet home to live out his golden years!" read the Facebook post. "The only rule for adopting Sammy, though? You have to throw him a 20th birthday party on 6/15/22!"</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 16.5pt;">Not all cats would have loved the attention, but Sammy definitely enjoyed the spotlight.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">"Sammy is just amazingly sweet," Cincinnati Animal CARE spokesman Ray Anderson told <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cat-19th-birthday-party-shelter_n_60c93b02e4b0c7cdc863996f?utm_medium=Social&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063&utm_campaign=us_main&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1_OX8hZCvCBRAM25BlKQSJ3lWZQSAElYRprcTaZFzdKXsOQ_lF-rZ0UUA"><span style="color: rgb(0, 58, 188); text-decoration: none;">HuffPost</span></a>. "Likes to cuddle, likes to be held, likes to rest his head on you and was definitely soaking up all the attention today."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">The Facebook post of Sammy has over a thousand reactions and hundreds of shares and comments. But his fame took off on <a href="https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdyo2nsm/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 58, 188); text-decoration: none;">TikTok</span></a>, where his party has so far racked up over 230,000 views!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">Sammy came to the shelter just a week before his birthday under sad circumstances, the shelter wrote in a Facebook comment. He grew up in a loving home, but his owner had to move into assisted living and couldn't bring the senior cat along.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">Well, it seems as though the adorable advertising worked! Sammy was adopted the next day along with another senior cat and is settling into his new forever home.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">After Sammy became a local star, Cincinnati Animal CARE knew it had to memorialize the kitty and his fame. The shelter announced in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CincyAnimalCARE/videos/131308379015728" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 58, 188); text-decoration: none;">Facebook Live</span></a> that they converted and renamed a room into "Sammy's Senior Center" in hopes of finding Sammy's senior friends their own forever homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">The shelter hopes Sammy's story will inspire others to adopt from their own local <a href="https://www.dailypaws.com/pet-news-entertainment/adoption-stories/animal-shelter-rescue-appreciation" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 58, 188); text-decoration: none;">shelters</span></a> and consider <a href="https://www.dailypaws.com/cats-kittens/cat-adoption/senior-cat-adoption" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 58, 188); text-decoration: none;">adopting senior pets</span></a>. We're so glad Sammy found his forever home and hope other senior cats can, too!</span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">————————-</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Photo . . .</span></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_062621.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_062621.jpg</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Video . . .</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNe9tXP6bXg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNe9tXP6bXg</a></div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">————————————————-</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><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></div></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/">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a></div><div><br></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>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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