We went to the Newtown adoption centre. There was ...

We went to the Newtown adoption centre. There was pee all over the floor and the cats were climbing on top of each-other in a cramped space. One cat had cat-flu and was sneezing constantly, likely infecting all the other cats. It was a bit disturbing, to be honest.

I tried to look beyond this though, and breathed out of my mouth to avoid the stench. It was clear from the start that she had her favorite cats and was trying to get us focus on her less favorite ones. It felt quite awkward, like a pushy salesman. But I figured it was all in my head and tried to ignore it. I bonded well with one cat who was about 2 or 3yrs old, and expressed interest in adopting her. We left that evening and in the morning my partner and I called to let her know we made our decision. I was over the moon excited and she responded: "oh....well, my husband likes her, I didn't realise. One of our other tabby cats died and we want to keep that one to replace her. Sorry about that and making you come all the way here...but the others I mentioned are still up for adoption. "

I can imagine how hard it would be to part from the cats you rescue, but shouldn't your main goal to be re-housing the cats to a nice, loving home? The other thing I noticed was that in her main house she had about 10 -15 pet cats. To me this just seemed really wrong and unethical to add more to an already overcrowded home.

Anyway, I hate to leave a bad review but it was a really strange and disappointing experience.