Where Does WCAS Find its Roomies?

     After visiting WCAS for a couple of weeks now I have had the opportunity to speak with several staff members, volunteer workers, on-site doctors, and public visitors.  Overall, I now understand that the animals within the shelter are either domestic animals that are given up due to personal/medical and legal needs OR they are called in as strays from by the public community.  I find it most difficult to read an information card that states the animal had been domestic its entire life; for some animals they were domestic anywhere from 1 year to 9 years of age.  I am sure it is exceptionally difficult for, in this case, house cats to be confined to a cage with minimal attention or motherly cuddling.  For the stray cats, as a volunteer it is obvious that being cooped up in a 2X2.5X2 foot cage drives them mad and eager to get out in order to explore.  Overall, if the animal was a stray or domestic, all of them are in dire need for attention and loving homes. 


I am most proud of this photo from this week because I was able to completely capture the life and personality of Xena, a Siamese blend.  She is intelligent, talkative, flirtatious, loving, and crazily playful.  In terms of photography, this photo has a shallow depth of field, wonderful catch lights, a good camera angle, and great exposure for inside a cubby.  Xena also reminds me of my house cat that I no longer live with.