Cuddly cat returned to shelter for ‘saddest’ reason gets a happy ending in Virginia
A cat named Ellie stole thousands of hearts online after she was returned to a Virginia shelter for a sad reason.
Ellie, a 4-year-old tuxedo girl, was returned to a PetSmart adoption location in Chester after she wasn’t allowed to sleep in the bedroom with her owners, according to her description shared on Twitter.
“I was returned because I wanted to sleep with my human at night and I wasn’t allowed to so I would cry outside the bedroom door,” Ellie’s sign at PetSmart read.
“This is the saddest thing I’ve ever seen. This cat was returned to the shelter because she wanted to cuddle her owners at night,” the original poster on Twitter wrote. “She was literally such a lovebug and did nothing to deserve this.”
Thousands agreed. The Tweet about Ellie got over 76,000 likes, 6,000 retweets and 5,000 quote tweets — many of them asking if she was still available for adoption.
Ellie is from the Meow Stories Central Virginia Cat Rescue, which facilitates adoptions through PetSmart locations, owner Kate Balow told FOX News.
The tuxedo cat was adopted by someone in August, but when the owner started a relationship with someone with a cat allergy, they shut Ellie out of the bedroom and eventually sent her back to the shelter, Balow told FOX News.
“And, I mean, the story is really sad because (the previous owner) couldn’t even be bothered to wait for my husband to get to the PetSmart store,” Balow told FOX News “He literally ran over there with her in her carrier and left her there with the PetSmart employees until my husband got there.”
But Ellie didn’t stay open for adoption for long. In a matter of days after the tweet about the sweet tuxedo went viral, she had found a new home — one with a bed she’s allowed to sleep on.
Ellie’s new owner, known as @sammi on Twitter, is sure to give followers their daily dose of cat photos, proving that Ellie won’t have to worry about being cuddle-deprived at night.
“I love her so much my heart is going to burst,” Ellie’s new owner wrote on Twitter.
This story was originally published December 20, 2022 at 11:31 AM with the headline "Cuddly cat returned to shelter for ‘saddest’ reason gets a happy ending in Virginia."
