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Video: Stitch the Cat Waits for a Home

Adopt this fluffy, fun-loving fellow and say goodbye to both loneliness and mice.

Stitch the cat is only about a year old, but he’s spent close to half of his young life in a cage at the .

A fluffy black and white housecat with golden eyes, Stitch was badly wounded when he was taken to the shelter last year. Now he’s completely recovered and ready for a permanent home where he can run, play and purr.

Shelter staffer Angela Creech says Stitch has the mark of an excellent mouser, and would make a fine pet for the house or the barn: A home with a protected area where he can play on grass would be ideal.

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Stitch is socialized to humans, thanks to the staff and volunteers at the animal shelter. You can meet him six days a week when the shelter opens its doors to the public at noon.

If you can’t take on a new pet, but would like to do something for Napa’s homeless animals, the shelter staff can match you up with volunteer opportunities – walking dogs, socializing cats and even helping other humans at the front desk.

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to the public Monday through Saturday from noon to 4:45 p.m., and staffers answer the phones from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Watch Stitch in action in this 21-second .

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