This year's CAToberfest poster features the stunning artwork of PawWithCause artist Rachel Woodruff. Rachel is an avid fan of the Marvel Universe in which there is an event where the heroes get "blipped" by the villans. As she thinks about the lives of abandoned and forgotten animals, Rachel believes their lives should not be handled callously. The outcomes of being cared for are life-changing. Her imagery for Coco is that the left side is Coco in a life in which she is not saved. The right side is the love, care and intervention of humans making that "Cat-astrophic" change for Coco, gifting her life instead of blipping her and forgetting her.

Visit https://www.southcountycats.org/catoberfest-2023-info to see Coco's full story and read about our "Mom's Last Litter" kitten Bisque. 

Coco's Story

4/6/23 - Coco and her siblings were born to a feral mom safely indoors with South County Cats. Their foster mom began handling and socializing them at every opportunity, especially when they started to wobble out to the sound of her voice. "It was so rewarding to start these kittens out on a path to loving, adoptive homes."

4/26/23 - Coco went on a "field trip" to Mud Bay - Fairwood to purchase a snuggle bed for some photo ops. Of course everyone fell in love with her, especially Maxx!

5/12/23 - When they were 5 weeks old their beautiful feral mama Blackie was spayed and returned to her home. The weaned kittens then moved on to a new South County Cats' foster home.

5/30/23 - We received an adoption application from Mud Bay staffer Maxx. Coco had stolen Maxx's heart. It would be a couple weeks before Coco was big enough for spay and adoption, but Maxx and Eden were willing to wait.

 6/16/23 - Coco, now "Winnie," joined her "sister" Zoomie in her new forever home.

9/12/23 - "Here is an update on little Miss Winnie (Coco). She has grown so much since we got her a few months back. She is now a whopping 5 pounds. She has gotten along with our senior resident cat Zoomie really well. Her and Winnie play all day long, terrorizing us with zoomies into the late hours of the night, but finally crash into a bed with us when they lose steam. She is a wonderful addition to our family, thank you for finding her for us."