Coal was the last cat taken from a miserable and filthy hoarder situation. He was the only one not in a cage, taking shelter under a board. He had never been handled and came in about a month after the others because he had to be trapped, but we just couldn’t leave him behind. He was the 13th cat rescued. While many of the other cats were adopted, it looked hopeless for Coal. Coal was a wild animal! He hissed and growled menacingly whenever a person was in the same room with him and had to be handled with heavy gloves. Many people asked "What are you going to do with that cat?" but we knew we had to give him time. Over a period of several months, and careful handling, we were able to win Coal’s trust and almost overnight a magnificent transformation occurred. Coal not only trusted us, he LIKED us! When he was given access into the main cattery room, he began following us everywhere begging for attention and pets. He had become an entirely different cat; a total attention hog. His only problem now was one of boredom! He began dragging water bowls around for something to do when there wasn’t a volunteer available to pester. Even after all this progress, his adoption potential was still not good because Coal is solid black, the most difficult color cat to find a home. Then we got the call: A cat was required to be a companion to an existing cat at a high-end horse facility. This home would come complete with a heated tack room for winter comfort, an air conditioned area available, access to a garden, lots of company, even canned food! For this high energy and very bored boy it was the perfect situation and best of all – a black cat was welcomed. Coal was adopted and is now beginning his ‘happy ever after’ life – lucky number 13 indeed!
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