Vuvu

Late on a Saturday afternoon Homeward Trails got a desperate plea from one of the shelters we work with occasionally. Five tiny babies with no mother, starving to death and nobody to help raise them. We quickly brought them to the safety of one of our experienced foster homes.

Since the World Cup had just started, the foster parents named the litter the FIFAs and gave the kittens soccer-related names. Vuvu and Zela were named after the vuvuzela horns that provide the soundtrack for all of the World Cup games. Like many kittens her age, Vuvu is a "foot-monger" who gravitates toward shoes and feet. If you're standing barefoot and feel something warm and furry, it's probably Vuvu getting comfortable on your foot. If you leave an empty flip-flop nearby, Vuvu will take it for a test-drive.

While Vuvu is the smallest of the FIFAs, she can keep up with Bafana at the dinner table. And though she isn't particularly vocal, Vuvu purrs loudly when picked up and held.

You can read more about Vuvu's adventures in foster care at 50kittens.com.

Gender: Female

Approximate age: 4 weeks as of 6/13/2010

Location: VA Foster Home

Declawed: No

Coat Type: Short haired

Personality: purring wrestler and foot-monger

The adoption fee for Vuvu is $50.00, which helps with cost of routine vet care.

Thank you for contacting Homeward Trails Animal Rescue and helping to save a life!

If you're interested in adopting Vuvu, please fill out our cat adoption questionnaire and e-mail it to [email protected].

Can't adopt but want to help? Please contact Tina to find out about sponsorship, fostering, and other ways you can help this cat! Please note that financial sponsorship will be applied to the specific cat you indicate unless it is not needed, at which time we will let you designate it for another HT animal of your choice.

You can save animals like Vuvu by becoming a foster! Fosters are like way stations between high kill shelters and forever homes. We need fosters so that we can save cats before they are euthanized at the shelters, so that they have more time to find a permanent family. If you are interested in becoming a foster, please check out our information about fostering animals.

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