All cages and runs are cleaned daily with an antiseptic. The cat litter boxes are changed and cats are given fresh food and water.

Working here, you fall in love with the animals and are always tempted to bring them home. But at our house, we've reached our limit.

The dogs love getting out for walks (within the fenced shelter), so this gives them more quality time outdoors. Since I have extra time today, I'll give each one of the cats more lap time.

I'm retired, so working on holidays really doesn't bother me. My family and I celebrated Christmas early this year, on Friday. It might be difficult for some people, but my family is accommodating, so it works for us.

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of suble air.

The kitten was six weeks old. It was enchanting, a delicate fairy-tale cat, whose Siamese genes showed in the shape of the face, ears, tail, and the subtle lines of its body. [...] She sat, a tiny thing, in the middle of a yellow carpet, surrounded by five worshipppers, not at all afraid of us. Then she stalked around that floor of the house, inspecting every inch of it, climbed up on to my bed, crept under the fold of a sheet, and was at home.