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Ever
have a friend who’s as sweet as can be, and you
love her dearly, but there’s just that one thing
she does that makes you want to scream? Well,
that’s Polly! She’s soft, fluffy, adorable, and
loves to sit in your lap and cuddle. Sounds
perfect, right? Well, almost, except for that
one little thing. When they passed out maternal
instincts, Polly must not have been paying
attention. She had a downright mean streak
towards kittens when she first arrived at the
sanctuary. Over the years, though, she’s
mellowed quite a bit and now only does an
occasional halfhearted swat with one paw if a
kitten wanders by a little too closely.
Polly came to us as part of the Great Kitty
Rescue in 2007, when hundreds of cats were saved
from a terrible situation in the Nevada desert.
She’s gorgeous, with very distinctive markings,
and has the softest, silkiest long fur of just
about any cat at the sanctuary. Most of the cats
here came to us with names, and we make a
practice of keeping whatever name they have.
Polly was named by her rescuers, and since there
were many hundreds of cats we can only assume
that when they got to her, all the good names
had been taken – they named her Skunkette! Well,
we couldn’t let a gorgeous girl like this be
stuck with a name like that,
so we made an exception and changed her
name. So while we don’t know the origin of most
of our cats’ names, we do know Polly’s. She’s
easy to spot on the KittyCam…she looks a lot
like a...well, you know. ;o)
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