Compassion for Cats
There are few things more adorable than a two-week old kitten — and Shambhala Mountain Center’s director Michael Gayner happens to currently have two of them. Michael is foster parent to two tiny kittens, who he’s named Space and Dot, along with their mama Raven. When I met them recently, the kittens were living up to the essence of their names — Space, a nearly all-white cat, was observing quietly and gently, as black-patterned brother Dot pounced around the room bursting with action. Raven surveyed the scene coolly as the two babies did their yin-yang display. Michael describes them as embodying the “mobile spirit of the house” in bringing their energy to his living environment. As anyone that has had kittens knows, they are spirited indeed, and wildly entertaining to be with. The cats are Michael’s to care for for another few weeks until the kittens are big enough to be taken back to the Fort Collins Cat Rescue & Spay/Neuter Clinic (FCCRSNC), where they can be adopted into a permanent home. …