<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><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://www.fark.com/goto/12764982/halifax.citynews.ca/highlights/my-grandfathers-cat-marks-milestone-adoption-6598205%3Futm_source%3Df" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">A local organization that rehomes the beloved felines of seniors who need to move to long-term care facilities and those who are terminally ill is celebrating an important milestone - their 100th adoption. Welcome to Caturday</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 12pt; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p></o:p></p><div><br></div>—————————————————<div><br></div><div><h1 class="title details-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 37.099998474121094px; margin: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans Bold", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.03em; line-height: 1.1; word-break: break-word; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">My Grandfather's Cat marks milestone adoption</h1><div class="details-intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 15px 0px; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">The local charity has now rehomed 100 beloved pets of seniors and those who are terminally ill</div></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.100000381469727px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">A local organization that rehomes the beloved pets of seniors who need to move to long-term care facilities and those who are terminally ill is celebrating an important milestone.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.100000381469727px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">My Grandfather's Cat recently completed its 100th adoption.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.100000381469727px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">"It started when my grandfather passed away," founder Angela Rafuse to CityNews Halifax. "He left behind his 14-year-old grumpy calico cat named Mackenzie."</p><div id="fsk_splitbox_3891_onscreen" class="fsk_splitbox_3891_onscreen" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.100000381469727px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><div id="fsk_splitbox_3891" class=" fsk_splitbox_3891" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; text-align: center; width: 645px;"><iframe name="fsk_frame_splitbox" id="fsk_frame_splitbox" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" allow="autoplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 645px; height: 0px; border-style: none; margin: 0px;"></iframe></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.100000381469727px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Rafuse felt if the cat was surrendered to a shelter, because of her age and attitude, the odds of Mackenzie finding new loving home would be slim.</p><div class="widget widget-wysiwyg theme-blue widget-inject widget-inject-centre widget-injected" data-id="535852" data-widget="6" data-per="50" data-min="" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.100000381469727px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><div class="section-items section-wysiwyg clearfix slot-is-empty" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div id="Bigbox_300x250" data-google-query-id="CJWoyrPgsP0CFSvAwgQd_gEJcw" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/7326/en.halifaxtoday.web/highlights_3__container__" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0pt none; width: 300px; height: 0px;"></div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.100000381469727px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">With no one else in the family available to take her in, Mackenzie moved in with Rafuse, who then started posting videos of the snarling cat <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@angrafus3?utm_source=citynews%20halifax&utm_campaign=citynews%20halifax%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" class="ga ga-ext" data-ga-category="OutboundLink" data-ga-action="OutboundLink" data-ga-label="https://www.tiktok.com/@angrafus3" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 59, 90);">to TikTok</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.100000381469727px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">"The more I shared our story, the more I realized so many other families went through this, so I decided to start this charity to help," she explained.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.100000381469727px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">That was less than two years ago, and since then, in addition to finding second homes for 100 cats, the registered charity now has 28 volunteers coast-to-coast and has even been <a href="https://halifax.citynews.ca/local-news/halifax-charity-grabs-international-attention-in-people-magazine-4954321" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 59, 90);">featured in People Magazine</a>. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.100000381469727px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Find out more about <a href="https://www.mygrandfatherscat.ca/?utm_source=citynews%20halifax&utm_campaign=citynews%20halifax%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" class="ga ga-ext" data-ga-category="OutboundLink" data-ga-action="OutboundLink" data-ga-label="https://www.mygrandfatherscat.ca/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 59, 90);">My Grandfather's Cat here</a>.</p></div><div><div>—————————————————<br><div><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><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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