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Adopted Pets

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Check out Petfinder for recent adoptions from the MCSPCA. 
Each one of our adoptions is special, but we'd like to share some of our favorite stories.

Cooper, a Cat Who Sees With His Heart
 
My family and I adopted a special needs kitten from the MCSPCA in April 2006. Cooper is special because he is blind. Cooper was born with eyes that were not fully formed and infected. The MCSPCA had them removed on the advice of an ophthalmologist.
 
Cooper never knew he was blind and still doesn’t. I’m sure you wonder what his handicaps are. He doesn’t have any. Cooper does everything a normal sighted cat does. Cooper learned the layout of our two-story home in less than two weeks. He rarely runs into walls or furniture. Cooper can watch birds from an open window by listening to the sounds they make. He plays with toys, chases and plays with his three beautiful sister kitties, jumps on the couch and bed, and uses the litter box normally. The only thing we found he can’t do is play with the laser toy, but he loves it when his sisters run around chasing the laser and joins in on the chase. Watch out if you are a fly entering our house. Cooper’s record is about 10 seconds in capturing a fly. Cooper loves to play the Mousie Game which consists of one of us throwing his toy mouse up the stairs. He pounces on it and proudly returns it and looks up as if to say “Throw it again please.” Cooper can be found drinking out of my glass and has never spilled any water. Cooper does all this without his SuperCooperman Cape. You should see what he can do when he’s wearing his Cape!
 
Cooper sees with his heart, we say. Cooper uses his other senses in place of his eyes to explore his world. He enjoys life so much and is such an inspiration. Just about every day he does something to amaze us. Thank you MCSPCA for our very special family member, Cooper.


If you have any questions, please email us and we'll answer you as soon as possible!  You can call the MCSPCA at 301-948-4266.   For info on how to write to us, see our contact page.
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