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You might call it a purr-fect stroke of serendipity.
A Virginia law enforcement officer is set to adopt a kitten following a service call while on the job.
Timothy Rugg, a law enforcement officer with the Harrisonburg Police Department, very first fulfilled Penny-Furthing the kitten 3 weeks back when he reacted to a service contact July 13.
“A cat had actually been thrown away of the window on Old Furnace Road and I appeared on the scene and discovered Penny below the sofa,” Rugg remembered to “Good Morning America.” “She was very terrified however when I selected her up, she simply climbed up right approximately my shoulder … began purring and simply would not release.”
Rugg said he took the 3-month-old domestic feline to Rockingham Harrisonburg SPCA and although they informed him they were at complete capability, they had a look at the kitten and said Penny was doing OK. Rugg included the kitten had pink eye however has actually given that reacted well to medication.
“I inquired immediately if I might take her home. And they said OK, we gotta go through a foster procedure,” Rugg stated.
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Rugg had the ability to bring Penny home that exact same day, which likewise occurred to be his spouse’s birthday.
“That was a fascinating surprise for her,” he said.
They decided on the name Penny-Furthing, a play on cent farthing and “fur thing,” after at first checking out Charlie.
After a three-week foster trial, Rugg and his spouse will adopt the calico kitten Friday.
The feline has actually settled in easily at home, according to Rugg, who said she’s gone from a “really shy and shy” kitten to a “wild” and “rowdy” family pet who likes to snuggle, scratch, have fun with water and poke around their houseplants.
In a declaration to “GMA,” Huck Nawaz, the executive director of the RHSPCA, said, “It’s heartbreaking to believe that somebody picked to toss little Penny out of a car. Fortunately for her Ofc. Rugg existed to bring her to us. I think they bonded on the flight over as she was already rather connected to him by the time they got here and he provided to foster her while she recuperates. This is one case of a ‘stopped working foster’ that we could not be better about. We’re really grateful for the assistance of our neighborhood members like Ofc. Rugg who open their hearts and houses for our animals in requirement.”
Even though Rugg will be the one who will adopt Penny-Furthing, he calls the kitten the “hero” he didn’t understand he required and motivates others to think about promoting or embracing animals in requirement.
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“The procedure is truly easy. You simply go to your regional shelter and complete an application, they’ll do a little background check to ensure whatever is good. And then you can take a cat home or a dog home,” Rugg explained.
“The appeal of the foster procedure is you can learn to see if you are capable or truly wish to do it instead of simply acquiring an animal elsewhere and after that not making sure later on if it was the ideal option,” the officer included.
