WRITTEN BY
JON STYF
PHOTOS BY
ROBIN RAYNE
Animal
shelters
around Cobb:
As Charm, a 2-month-old orange
‘We need you!’
W EEKEND ADOPTIONS AT GOOD MEWS
In the largest room at Good Mews Animal Foundation off Robinson
Road in Marietta, there are 65 adult cats. Some are playing with small
toys, others with each other.
And all seem ready for the possibility that they will find a home
that day. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays, it’s open season for cat
adoptions.
At the height of COVID-19 closures, all 100-plus Good Mews cats
were in foster homes. But now, they’re back at the facility and
adoptions are at an all-time high.
kitten, crawled along the floor, the
injuries became obvious. Her
foster, Kelley Long, called her a
“little bunny” and Charm almost
hopped like one.
Charm had been injured and
then infected by a parasitic botfly
and lost use of her left front paw. The outlook
wasn’t great, but she was syringe-fed back to
health, minus a tail that was removed, by the
team at Mostly Mutts rescue in Kennesaw.
Soon, that infected paw will have to be
amputated, too.
But Charm was a happy cat as she batted
at Long’s mask as she worked near the front
desk.
“She is truly a little survivor,” Long said.
Pet shelters like Mostly Mutts, Bosley’s
Place in Smyrna and Good Mews in Marietta
have had to change their processes completely
during the COVID-19 pandemic. But they also
have been adopting out pets, finding their
permanent homes, at a record pace.
Those shelters haven’t seen an influx in
returned pets as more of the workforce returns
to offices, according to Cobb County Animal
Services, where many of those shelters find the
next pets they will care for. In fact, they’ve seen
more and more pets as 2021 has moved on.
Good Mews cats ready for adoption.
16 COBB LIFE | NOVEMBER 2021