05/31/2026
From being a shy cat in the shelter, to winning our March Madness competition to getting adopted, Saffron has had a journey we've all loved following. And now, her adopters recently shared this heartwarming update with us:
“We had resisted getting a cat because we travel often. Nevertheless, on April 1 we traveled to AWS to get Saffron. Since the staff insisted that she was a barn cat (and she seemed half-wild), we did know what to expect. She did hide under a low shelf in the living room for three days. Only coming out at night to eat and use the litter box, but on the fourth day she walked out into the open and went to the kitchen to eat. After eating, she sat nervously looking us, but she never again retreated to her hiding place.
Within a few days, she was sitting in our laps. And after two weeks, she came upstairs to sleep on the bed with us. She still waits until she is invited to sit on a lap, and she spends a lot of time batting her toys around the living room. When she begins to claw the furniture, my wife tells her “No!” sharply and she stops at once. My wife speaks to her as if she understands English, and sometimes it almost seems that she does. She obeys almost like a well-trained dog. She is certainly one of the most intelligent cats I have known when it comes to human interaction. Although she has been with us only two months, she seems as if she has been our cat forever. Thank you AWS!”
Read Saffron's full update and share your own adoption story 🔗 https://animalwelfaresociety.org/adoption/adoption-stories/ -your-story
