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If you appreciate foggy mornings but also love a little tangy brightness, consider bringing kittens Socks and Sandals into your life! They just happen to be the PETS of the week at the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter . Named after a favorite foggy IPA from Humble Sea Brewery, these two 3 month old kittens are bright, effervescent and fun-loving, and the shelter would love to find them a caring new home where they can stay together. Socks is white with a nice orange tabby "blanket" from his forehead to the tip of his tail, and Sandals is his pretty-but-not-dainty tortoiseshell-tabby & white sister. She is the bold adventurer of the pair!

These two were found by a cyclist along with 5 other kittens in a carrier left near Shoreline Middle School. They spent some time in a foster home, where they grew stronger and gained confidence and great social skills, including getting used to being around a large dog and learning that humans make great snuggling partners. Socks & Sandals are very active and playful, just heading into their adolescent period, when they need plenty of space for play, a variety of toys, and scratching & climbing surfaces to burn off energy. The shelter volunteers and staff do an amazing job of socializing all the cats they have in our care at this time of year, but it IS tough for adolescent cats to be stuck in a fairly small enclosure in a shelter just as they're developing into their full athletic selves. Now that this fun-loving pair have been fixed, vaccinated and microchipped, they want to get them adopted and into a home SOON, so they can stretch, run, play and bond with their new human family.

Upcoming Shelter Events:

• Thursday, July 2nd 5-6:30pm join the shelter at the Pup Parade at Franich Park in Watsonville. Bring your pooch dressed up or not.  Hosted by the city of Watsonville.

• Friday, July 3rd, both our Santa Cruz and Watsonville shelters will be closed due to the County Independence Day Holiday.

• Saturday, July 4th all adoptions at the shelter will be $17.76 in honor of our nations' birthday!

• Sunday, July 5th - Sunday, July 12th, all adoptions will be just $50 during a Bissell "Empty the Shelters" adoption promotion.

• Monday, July 6th The first of a series of Mahalo Mondays where 10% of sales will benefit the shelter at Hulas Island Grill in downtown Santa Cruz.

• Friday, July 10th Healthy Pets for All vaccine clinic at Felton Community Resources from 10am-12pm. Healthy Pets for All is a community outreach program that helps keep pets with their owners and protects pets in the community by providing vaccinations, microchips, and donated supplies to pet owners in Santa Cruz County who are financially struggling.

• Sunday, July 12th from 12:30-3pm Bunnies & Brews at the Balefire Brewing Co at 51517 E Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz. Come meet adoptable bunnies and sip a delicious beer.

•  Saturday, July 18th Doors open at 7:30pm Purrrrrrfest 666 at the Blue Lagoon on Pacific Ave in Santa Cruz.  $20 Suggested Donation, with proceeds supporting the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter

For more info, listen to Pet-O-Rama at 11am Thursdays here on the pig or visit the shelter, located at 1001 Rodriguez St. in Santa Cruz and open from 11am to 6pm every day.

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