MEET OUR ADOPTABLE PANTHERS
(Please note that we only have 12 cats in the cat lounge at any given time. Our partner rescue, Binx’s Home for Black Cats, often has many more adoptable panthers in individual foster homes and you can see those cats on their website and submit an adoption application here.
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Sweet Pea
12 year old female
Sweet Pea has lived quite the life. After a 12-year-long journey across the cosmos, she landed here in Asheville. That UFO you swear you saw that one time? Yeah, Sweet Pea was probably behind the wheel. If you're lucky, you'll catch her blepping - this is a tactic she learned from her travels to Jupiter, where the aliens taught her all the best ways to pull on a human's heartstrings.
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Inoli
10 month old male
Inoli means "black fox" in Cherokee, and an alternate translation is "fishing cat." He's very aptly named, as he both looks like a little fox, and is a passionate fisherman. He loves to fish for salmon in the Atlantic, but plane tickets are getting expensive, so he needs a human to fund his fishing trips. Could that be you? Submit an application for Inoli today!
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Eva
2 year old female
Eva was a bit of a wild child who currently envisions herself to be the queen of her domain. However, she's recently learned there are other cats in the world which came as a startling realization. Whether she decides to be a ruler of cats or not is unclear, but she will most certainly be the ruler of humans wherever she is.
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Lavender Marriage
2 year old male
Lavender Marriage is an advocate for equal rights for everyone, and believes strongly that love is love--whether you are a cat or a human! He supports marriage equality, transgender rights, and universal healthcare. While all of that seems purrfectly reasonable, he also believes cats should be allowed to vote. On that, we are not sure this is a very good idea!
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Crabgrass
11 month old male
Crabgrass is an anti-vegan advocate and thinks that all humans would be much healthier if they adopted the feline obligate carnivore diet. He also is known for getting into bar fights over which kind of meat tastes the best and is better for the body. Crabgrass is very deeply rooted in his opinions and is incredibly difficult to remove from the conversation. It's also worth noting that Crabgrass is not a doctor or a nutritionist and that Binx's Home for Black Cats is not responsible for any health issues that may arise as a result of listening to his theories.
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Aster
11 month old female
Recently someone asked us how we tell Aster apart from the other black kittens but in reality it's very easy because he always speaks in a fake British accent. Much like the flower he's named after, which is invasive, Aster has his own ideas about what life should be like. He has learned to take advantage of whatever space he finds himself in and is able to thrive in all sorts of environments.
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Bosco
4 year old male
Bosco is known for being one of the fiercest drag queens around! While others may be weirded out by his scarred nose and pig-like tail, he's used the art of drag to accentuate his differences and turn the beauty standard on its head. His hope is that other little pig-tailed kitties grow up seeing his achievements and that he can inspire them to love themselves just as they are!
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Gorilla
6 year old male
Gorilla, having always wanted to be a denizen of the jungle, named himself after watching hours of Dian Fossey's documentaries on mountain gorillas. He felt that he was meant to be a gorilla but somehow ended up in the body of a house cat (a very large house cat). He had hoped to go live with them in the wild, but due to his slight vision impairment, he instead chose to live a more quiet life, becoming the first cat to achieve a PhD in Zoology with a focus on gorilla studies.
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Mielikki
1 year old female
Named after the Finnish Goddess of the Forest and Hunt, due to her wild adventures, Mielikki found herself pregnant and gave birth to four furry little bundles of joy. For now her focus is on being the best mama in the mountains, but she is beginning to consider what life may have to offer once her kittens are weaned and no longer need her. She does have an interest in forestry and environmental preservation. Time will tell.