Arlington Cats

Everything Arlington Cat Owners Need to Know

"A home without a cat--and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat--may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?" Such was the opinion of Mark Twain, and many Arlington cat owners would agree. Cats are independent, yet affectionate; playful, entertaining, and full of personality. The cat owners in Arlington County know that there is nothing more comforting on a cold winter's night than having a purring cat curled up in one's lap.

Arlington is quite a cat-friendly environment with tons of resources for cats and their guardians including specialty pet shops, pet sitting services and tons of cat-friendly housing for cat-loving families. The vet care in Arlington is also top notch! Several of the Arlington veterinarians are very generous, too, volunteering their time to the Arlington animal shelter.

Arlington is also home to the Animal Welfare League of Arlington which offers a wide variety of services to Arlington cat owners. The Arlington animal shelter offers a free behavior helpline for cat owners in need of professional advice. The shelter also offers low-cost rabies clinics, low-cost spay/neuter services, and other aid for cat owners who need help keeping their cats happy and healthy.

Arlington cats and their guardians are very fortunate to live in such a pet-friendly environment, but some rules and regulations are necessary to protect the health and well being of cats and people. In order to comply with Arlington animal laws, be certain to vaccinate cats for rabies; and to give them the longest and best quality of life, keep cats indoors at all times.

The Arlington animal shelter is inundated with calls from frantic residents with lost cats. Arlington residents also bring in hundreds of stray cats to the shelter every year. Most of these cats wear no collars or tags and finding out who they belong to is very difficult. Animal control officers also find many cats that have been hit by cars and are either severely injured or dead. Even if a cat is not injured outdoors, it can pick up fleas and ticks and even diseases from other free-roaming cats. The Animal Welfare League of Arlington encourages all cat owners to keep their cats safely indoors. Playing with your cat, having another feline companion, and providing appropriate cat toys makes the indoor environment perfectly satisfying for a cat. The Humane Society of the United States agrees and has launched the Safe Cats Campaign to educate owners about the benefits of keeping their cats indoors.

Besides keeping them indoors, the other important factor in keeping cats happy and healthy is to make sure they are spayed or neutered. A spayed or neutered cat is much less likely to mark territory by spraying urine or to display aggression to people and other animals and is not subject to cancers that can develop in the reproductive organs. Any Arlington cat owner who needs a low-cost spay or neuter surgery can find help at the Animal Welfare League of Arlington.

If you want to join the thousands of Arlington cat owners and learn the joys of sharing your home with one or more cats, the best way is to adopt your own Arlington cat! While there are many other shelters in the area that you can check out, the first place to look is the Animal Welfare League of Arlington which always has beautiful, friendly cats looking for their forever homes.