<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 rel="nofollow" class="outbound_link id12739672 " data-farkdomain="people.com" target="_blank" href="https://www.fark.com/goto/12739672/people.com/pets/bruno-the-cat-returned-for-being-too-affectionate-adopted/%3Futm_source%3Dfark%26utm" style="font-size: 16px; max-height: 2000000px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(61, 61, 175); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); display: inline; height: 100%; vertical-align: middle; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Bruno the cat was returned to his shelter for being too affectionate, demanding lap time and cuddles. "People were coming to our door to meet Bruno, and we got almost all the cats in the shelter adopted in the meantime." Welcome to Caturday</a>.</div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>————————————————<div><br></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 3rem; letter-spacing: 0.0625rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Bruno the Cat Finds New Owners After Previous Family Returned Pet for Being 'Too Affectionate'</span></div><div><h2 id="article-subheading_1-0" class="comp type--dog article-subheading" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.75rem; letter-spacing: 0.0313rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; font-weight: 400; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Bruno's affectionate head-butting, distracting bedtime cuddling, and frequent "zoomies" made him the wrong fit for his last family, but this cat's tale has a happy ending</h2></div><div><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; letter-spacing: 0.0313rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">A cat named Bruno returned to a New Jersey shelter a week after his adoption after his family found the pet "too affectionate."</p><div id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-1" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"></div><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-2" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; letter-spacing: 0.0313rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">According to a Facebook Jan. 25 post <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MontvilleAnimalShelter/posts/pfbid02cvbsn2UZX2ykemaMumn9sdG8vp8LufMW7ocRTBqemcHL8VRLrN4Nn26z9NsCsaqxl" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="externalLink" data-ordinal="1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s; text-decoration-thickness: 0.125rem; text-decoration-color: rgba(2, 89, 139, 0.65);">from the Montville Animal Shelter</a>, Bruno was recently adopted by a mother and her daughter, both first-time cat owners, which likely played a part in why they relinquished the animal one week after bringing him home.</p><div id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-3" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"></div><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-4" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; letter-spacing: 0.0313rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">"The family never had a cat before and said he was too affectionate, always wanted to sit on their laps, follow them around, and head-butt them for kisses and pets," <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MontvilleAnimalShelter/posts/pfbid02cvbsn2UZX2ykemaMumn9sdG8vp8LufMW7ocRTBqemcHL8VRLrN4Nn26z9NsCsaqxl" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="externalLink" data-ordinal="1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s; text-decoration-thickness: 0.125rem; text-decoration-color: rgba(2, 89, 139, 0.65);">the shelter wrote on social media</a>.</p><div id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-5" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"></div><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-6" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; letter-spacing: 0.0313rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/28/cat-returned-too-affectionate-new-home/11140608002/" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="externalLink" data-ordinal="1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s; text-decoration-thickness: 0.125rem; text-decoration-color: rgba(2, 89, 139, 0.65);">According to <em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variation-settings: "ital" 0.75;">USA Today</em></a>, the mother worked from home, and Bruno kept distracting his owner from her job with his adorable and distracting attention-seeking behavior. The cat also kept the young girl awake by sleeping on her bed and seeking cuddles throughout the night.</p><div id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-7" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"></div><div id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-8" class="comp related-link mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-featuredlink mntl-sc-block-featuredlink mntl-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; align-items: baseline; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> <a href="https://people.com/pets/bonded-cat-and-dog-pair-named-after-homeward-bound-pets-up-for-adoption/" rel="nocaes" id="mntl-sc-block-featuredlink__link_1-0" class=" mntl-sc-block-featuredlink__link mntl-text-link type--cat-link" data-tracking-container="true" data-tracking-id="featured-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: 0.0313rem; text-underline-offset: 0.1875rem; text-decoration-thickness: 0.125rem; text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><span class="link__wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased;">Adoptable Bonded Cat and Dog Pair Named After 'Homeward Bound' Pets Will 'Melt Your Heart'</strong></span></a></div><div id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-9" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"></div><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-10" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; letter-spacing: 0.0313rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">The post from Montville Animal Shelter added that the 2-year-old feline was also deemed "too playful" by his former family because of <a href="https://people.com/pets/what-causes-zoomies-cats-dogs-vet-explains/" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s; text-decoration-thickness: 0.125rem; text-decoration-color: rgba(2, 89, 139, 0.65);">his rambunctious evening "zoomies."</a></p><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-10" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; letter-spacing: 0.0313rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lindsay Persico of the Montville Animal Shelter told </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variation-settings: "ital" 0.75;">USA Today</em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> that she noticed Bruno got a bit depressed once he was returned to the shelter, so she posted the cat's tale on Facebook. The post got more than 1,000 shares and hundreds of comments.</span></p><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-10" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; letter-spacing: 0.0313rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0313rem;">Soon after the Jan. 25 post went up, Montville Animal Shelter received about 50 applications to adopt Bruno, which is unusually high for the facility, Persico sai</span></p><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-10" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; letter-spacing: 0.0313rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0313rem;">Bruno now has a new owner who knows to expect an extraordinarily affectionate cat — and his story prompted a surge in cat adoptions at the New Jersey shelter.</span></p><p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-10" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: "Limerick Serial", Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.75rem; letter-spacing: 0.0313rem; text-underline-offset: 0.25rem; counter-reset: section 0; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"People were coming to our door to meet Bruno, and we got almost all the cats in the store adopted in the meantime," Persico told the newspaper.</span></p></div><div>————————————————</div><div><br></div><div>“Caturday” by Linus Petit</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><br></div><div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div dir="ltr"><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><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></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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