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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 02:53 PM Sep 2018

Man Volunteers And Naps With Cats At A Shelter Every Day

Cats love a good snooze, so much so that there’s even a kind of sleep named just for them: the catnap. They also love a cuddle, so if you think about it, what better way to help out some shelter cats than to join them for a good snooze?

75-year-old Terry Lauerman knows this, and he regularly heads down to his local shelter for catnaps. Staff at Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary in Green Bay, Wisconsin, said that he came in brandishing a brush one day, and asked if he could groom the cats. “He just walked in and started brushing,” founder of the shelter Elizabeth Feldhausen told HuffPost. “So eventually we told him he was an official volunteer and had him fill out our volunteer form.”

Terry visits the shelter daily, staying for around 3 hours a time. He brushes the cats before dozing off for a nap with them, before waking up and repeating the process. The experience is a mutually beneficial one, and has had far reaching effects for the shelter. After they decided to dedicate a Facebook post to Terry and his adorable volunteer work, it quickly went viral. The resulting publicity has seen donations flooding in, providing funds for the shelter to continue their important work for a long time to come.

https://www.boredpanda.com/75-year-old-volunteer-nap-with-cats-animal-shelter/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Newsletter

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Man Volunteers And Naps With Cats At A Shelter Every Day (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 OP
Much better than sleeping with the fishes. n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2018 #1
Now that's one hard working volunteer! Ohiogal Sep 2018 #2
Squeeees all around!! Leghorn21 Sep 2018 #3
The gray one qazplm135 Sep 2018 #4
Catnapping redefined! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2018 #5
Still my all time favorite animal shelter thingus; A HERETIC I AM Sep 2018 #6
This is great! peacebuzzard Sep 2018 #7
Aww... fabulous! demmiblue Sep 2018 #10
What a sweet story! demmiblue Sep 2018 #8
What a great idea. Lunabell Sep 2018 #9

qazplm135

(7,447 posts)
4. The gray one
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 03:06 PM
Sep 2018

looks like my Stormy that just passed, and yes, there's no better nap than having a cat curled up next to you!

A HERETIC I AM

(24,376 posts)
6. Still my all time favorite animal shelter thingus;
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 03:23 PM
Sep 2018


(It deserves mention that the original, posted by specific shelter that produced it has had to deal with the music publisher busting their chops about the copyright of the ABBA song. So this is a mirror)
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