When you work in the sheltering field, you almost always hate the summer. That probably seems strange to hear but what a lot of people don’t realize is that the summer brings a lot more cats and kittens. Let me try to put this into perspective. In April, our center received in 176 cats and kittens. In May, we received in 314 cats and kittens and in June, we had 362 come through our doors. This is what we call kitten season, and it lasts all the way through September, sometimes into October. This month, we are seeing the second wave of mother cats having kittens and so it all begins again. Kitten season is brutal on the community and us because the summer is also when many people move and need to surrender their pets. But this year has been even worse, mainly because we had such a warm winter and the cats were able to comingle so easily. We have seen 280 more pets come in so far this year, and most of those are cats. We are not alone; every single shelter we are working