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#ClearTheShelters: Two Cats Find New Home After Owner Dies on Vacation Trip

Over 4,000 pets in our area found new homes this month during our annual Clear The Shelters event that ran through Saturday. Among them, two adult cats who were especially in need of a new home. They found one with New Jersey cat-lover Susan Hawkins.

"Within minutes of them being moved up to the available section in the adoption center, in walked this lovely lady in her cute little pink dress saying she was looking for two adult cats,” Public Relations and Special Events Director Justine Calgiano said in an Instagram post.

The original owner of the cats, Bryan Palmer, died while vacationing in France and ordered in-home services to take care of them while he was away.

After meeting the cats, Hawkins felt they were a perfect fit.

 “They come with a lot of love. She said she felt she already knew that after meeting them. Wherever he is, I’m pretty sure he sent her to us, and them,” Calgiano said.

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