2023 Cat Photo Contest Winners

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Our sixth photograph contention was conscionable arsenic overmuch amusive arsenic the archetypal five! We received astir 2,000 entries, and we loved looking astatine each and each 1 of them. With our readers’ help, we narrowed it down to these 3 winners:

Grade Prize Winner (Cat Nap): Charley

While 4-month-old Charley is simply a saccharine and loving boy, he’s besides a kitty thief successful training. Anything helium tin transportation successful his rima (no substance however large oregon small) finds its mode to different portion of the house. Any items near connected countertops, tables oregon dressers are just game. His quality mom, Debra Lynn Ross, knows each of his hiding places, truthful erstwhile thing is missing, she’ll spell determination archetypal to find his treasure trove of goodies. Charley is peculiarly fond of “relocating” apparel from the laundry basket.

In November 2022, Debra, who is simply a alteration absorption and interior communications consultant, had adopted 2 kittens named Sammy and Benji. Sadly, Benji soon died from FIP. Sammy mourned his member for months, and Debra yet decided helium needed a playmate. Enter Charley, who was adopted from Animal House Shelter successful Huntley, Illinois. When Debra brought Charley home, Sammy sniffed the bearer and erstwhile Charley was fto retired of the carrier, Sammy followed him astir the house. Three hours aboriginal they were moving aft each different and playing. Five days later, Debra caught Sammy grooming Charley, and they haven’t near each other’s broadside since.

How did she seizure this shot?

“Charley had conscionable been adopted days earlier and was having a spot of trouble getting utilized to his caller “sleeping” arrangement. However, erstwhile Sammy jumped onto the furniture and snuggled up connected the blanket, Charley followed and, aft that, it was Charley’s place. I had walked into the chamber aft a enactment Zoom gathering and saw Charley snoozing away, and I grabbed my telephone to instrumentality the photo.”

Best feline friends and siblings Frankie and Grace are 2 years aged and emotion to play fetch. While Frankie’s artifact preferences vary, Grace’s adores small outpouring toys, and she is precise vocal erstwhile she wants to play with one, talking to her quality mom, Erin Monahan, and tilting her caput and rolling over.

Frankie and Grace were calved connected Erin’s sister-in-law’s farm. As soon arsenic Erin met them, she fell successful emotion and brought them home. It’s the archetypal clip she had ever brought location a brace of kittens together, and she’s ever touched by their saccharine sibling bond.

Frankie and Grace’s household includes Erin’s son, her fianceé, 13-year-old mixed breed canine Lucy (who is precise tolerant of cats and adjacent tries to play with them present and then) and 5-year-old feline Luna, who holds her ain erstwhile Frankie and Grace occasionally pack up to prime connected her. Due to a disability, Erin had to halt moving successful 2020. She says it tin beryllium lonely not being capable to enactment anymore, but her 4 pets bring her overmuch joyousness and a consciousness of purpose.

How did she seizure this shot?

“I americium perpetually snapping photos each clip I drawback them looking cute. I privation to ever person these memories and to stock the sweetness to brighten others’ days, particularly fixed however pugnacious the past fewer pandemic years person been.”

2^nd Place Winner (Friends Fur Ever): Frankie & Grace

Erin and Frankie & Grace volition person a six-month proviso of Ultra Cat litter, 1 container of cleanprotein kibble and six cans of cleanprotein paté from Dr. Elsey’s.

Best feline friends and siblings Frankie and Grace are 2 years aged and emotion to play fetch. While Frankie’s artifact preferences vary, Grace’s adores small outpouring toys, and she is precise vocal erstwhile she wants to play with one, talking to her quality mom, Erin Monahan, and tilting her caput and rolling over.

Frankie and Grace were calved connected Erin’s sister-in-law’s farm. As soon arsenic Erin met them, she fell successful emotion and brought them home. It’s the archetypal clip she had ever brought location a brace of kittens together, and she’s ever touched by their saccharine sibling bond.

Frankie and Grace’s household includes Erin’s son, her fianceé, 13-year-old mixed breed canine Lucy (who is precise tolerant of cats and adjacent tries to play with them present and then) and 5-year-old feline Luna, who holds her ain erstwhile Frankie and Grace occasionally pack up to prime connected her. Due to a disability, Erin had to halt moving successful 2020. She says it tin beryllium lonely not being capable to enactment anymore, but her 4 pets bring her overmuch joyousness and a consciousness of purpose.

How did she seizure this shot?

“I americium perpetually snapping photos each clip I drawback them looking cute. I privation to ever person these memories and to stock the sweetness to brighten others’ days, particularly fixed however pugnacious the past fewer pandemic years person been.”

3^rd Place Winner (I Fits, I Sits): Oliver

Oliver and his household volition person a six-month proviso of Ultra Cat litter, 1 container of cleanprotein kibble and six cans of cleanprotein paté from Dr. Elsey’s.

Adopted from a section humane nine arsenic a kitten, 5-year-old Oliver is precise laid-back and loves to explore. This quirky kitty doesn’t similar to portion h2o from his vessel — helium prefers lapping up h2o that’s dripping oregon flowing from the faucet, waking up his humans aboriginal successful the greeting erstwhile helium wants a drink. And contempt his agelong hair, Oliver loves to prevarication straight successful beforehand of the fireplace erstwhile it’s acold outside.

His quality dad, Ben Duecker, works successful instrumentality enforcement and lives successful Indiana with his family. Oliver besides shares his location with his feline sister, Darla, who is astir a twelvemonth older. They some similar to pester and pursuit each different from clip to time. Darla was not a instrumentality of Oliver erstwhile helium was adopted, but they’ve learned to get along.

The household enjoys visiting the Cat Café astatine the Kokomo Humane Society arsenic good arsenic the Black Forest Cat Café successful Fort Wayne, saying that they are some large ways to enactment a bully origin focused connected rehoming cats.

How did helium seizure this shot?

“Oliver is simply a precise funny feline who loves to spell wrong bare boxes and bags. This was the cleanable changeable to amusement him lounging astir successful a makeshift hideout.”

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