Please Adopt Us

We still have quite a group of black cats at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard. There is Cyrus, who has become the shelter mascot — he loves people and seems to be very content just to lounge around, but we are sure he would make someone a loving house cat. Then there is Binx, the black male with beautiful whiskers; Dolly, who is a black and white tuxedo cat; Walter, a real love; and Blackie, another all-black cat. The shelter also has Phoebe, an orange and white cat, and Miss Misty who has been with us for such a long time and just yearns to be someone’s lap cat. We also have two all-black kittens who are quite shy but just need some socialization. Our two new cats are Angel, a very unusual pale beige cat with slightly darker ears and markings who might be part Siamese — he has beautiful blue eyes — and his litter-mate Olive, who is a beautiful tortoiseshell. We hope they can be adopted together because they are very closely bonded, and we would hate to split them up. Angel and Olive are both neutered and up to date on their shots, as are all our adoptable cats.

Is anyone from the Tower Lane area of Ocean Heights missing an absolutely adorable, very dark tiger with stripes on his legs and white paws and a white chin? He was brought in by the animal control officer as a stray, but we are sure that he belongs to someone in Ocean Heights; he is only about 12 weeks old.

And Louise the guinea pig is still with us and would make such a wonderful pet for a child; she has her own cage and loves lettuce!

The shelter hours are Wednesdays 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The shelter phone number is 508-627-8662.