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Echo (also known as Willem de Kooning) is a friendly and relaxed polydactyl boy.  He will excitedly follow you around and gets along with other animals, including dogs!

More information on Echo!

It is one of my life goals to some day adopt a polydactyl cat.  Polydactyl cats often times have a difficult time finding homes!  People find their extra toes distasteful or assume the cats will have health problems (which is untrue with very rare exceptions!)  Sailors considered them to be good luck and Earnest Hemingway was a great lover of polydactyl cats, earning them the nickname “Hemingway cats.”

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In honor of yesterday’s Black Cat Appreciation Day, Yuko Ota has kindly made up some submissions! You might be familiar with her black cats.

Bagheera is a sweet and gentle lap-cat!  She loves other cats and doesn’t scratch or bite.

More information on Bagheera!

Yesterday was Black Cat Appreciation Day!  Black animals have a hard time getting adopted, and black cats have it especially rough around Halloween.  I drew a few portraits of black cats available around the NYC area for my pal Katie’s Drawdoption project!  They’ll be posted over the course of the week.