Together, two sight-impaired friends see the world

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September 26, 2014
By Denise LeBeau

When Mimi arrived at Salt Lake County Animal Services (SLCoAS) sometime in 2013, shelter staff members noticed she was a bit different. While otherwise healthy, the sweet gray tabby cat was missing her right eye. Best Friends had pulled Mimi from the shelter and brought the reserved girl back to the Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in Salt Lake City where she patiently waited for a home. As the months went by, adopters chose other cats — younger cats and kittens — and still, Mimi waited.

One day when adoption center volunteer Heather Castle was busy cleaning cat enclosures, she noticed there was something extra sweet about Mimi. As Heather cleaned, the cat started nuzzling her. “She didn’t want to go back in the cat tower and wanted to stay and cuddle,” says Heather, who began to wonder: Could this cat be the one?


Heather has always made regular visits to Colorado to spend time with her grandfather, Horst, but lately the trips have become more frequent because Horst’s eyesight is faltering. For some time, Heather and her mother had been scheming about getting Horst to adopt a cat for companionship, and as Mimi nuzzled Heather with her perfect pink nose and white whiskers, Heather couldn’t stop thinking about her grandfather.

Mimi’s moment

It was a love connection“I automatically knew that Mimi was the one, so I called my mom and asked if I could bring Papa a cat,” says Heather. Next, she called her grandfather and got the go-ahead to bring Mimi out to meet him.

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