Steve Shay
Jarred and Kate Bonaparte, pictured center and right, visit Kitty Harbor on opening day of its new season, May 2. They adopted a one year-old female longhair orange tabby that came from the came from Tri-Cities. Kitty Harbor owner, Dylen Kosbab, is pictured left.

Cat adoptions linked to poor economy

By Steve Shay
05/05/2009

Reopening for the season, Kitty Harbor, a cat and kitten rescue facility on Harbor Avenue just north of the Spokane Bridge, started adopting Saturday, May 2 when more than 25 cat-lovers waited for the front door to open.

More than 20 cats and kittens were adopted by the day's end.

More adoptable cats seem to be coming through the front door these days as a result of the recession, according to owner Dylen Kosbab, a West Seattle resident.

"It's a sign of the economy," she said. "More people are losing their homes because they can't keep up with their mortgages, and they can't keep their pets if they move into a car or move in with relatives. This is what we deal with in rescue, a lot of situations with people losing their pets under duress."

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