Sweet kitten, with 4 ears, needs a home in Berlin

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Originally posted by Vio&Juni
Munich IS in Bavaria

That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure and I didn't have my handy dandy map near by to check. Hey, at least I knew they were in the same vicinity.

Awww...come on Barbara, you know she'd be a great addition. Filou would have somebody to play with so Tigris doesn't have to get up as often.

[lizbud]

Hey guys, the kitty has a home now. Germany would'nt
let her go.

Oddly Enough - Reuters

Four-Eared Kitten Finds 'Normal' Home
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By Sabine Neubert

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - A four-eared German kitten has been given a new home after a German animal shelter was deluged with requests to adopt the animal born six months ago with the genetic defect.


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"We wanted to make sure the people were looking for a normal cat and not a gag to make an exhibition out of her," Enrico Schlag, a worker at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen animal shelter, said on Thursday.


"We've found a completely normal family for her that has already adopted cats from us in the past."


The shelter in the foothills of the Alps in southern Germany received dozens of calls after local media published pictures of Lilly. Reuters, which reported the kitten's search for a home on Wednesday, also received numerous offers from readers around the world eager to adopt her or make donations to the shelter.


Tessy Loedermann, head of the shelter, said Lilly will first be neutered and held at the shelter for another two weeks.


Loedermann said the black-and-white cat with the extra set of ears was "not a freak" but rather an energetic, loving and well-adjusted kitten.


"She is not a mutant," Loedermann said. "She's just a plain and ordinary kitten."


Lilly, born on a farm near the winter resort town famous for hosting the 1936 Winter Olympics (news - web sites), has an extra pair of slightly smaller, non-hearing ears just behind the normal two. Vets have attributed the phenomenon to a gene malfunction.


"The front ears are completely normal while the two ears directly behind them are about half the size and not fully developed," Schlag said.


She was given to the shelter last week because the family had more cats than they could care for.


"We're trying to treat her as a completely normal kitten and the other cats here have played with her in a normal manner as well," Schlag said. "She hasn't been ostracized by the other cats at all. She's a bundle of energy but likes to be cuddled."

[Barbara]

Ok - I was sure it would end up like this. I am happy for Lilly.

If I didn't know that at PT stories can come true I would say that I'd love to adopt Lucky and Chance or a Bahraini Dilmun. But as I know that strange things might happen if I said it I won't say that

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

Barbara - how many would you like?????

What a great happy ending. And I am very glad that she went to a "Normal"cat-friendly house - I would have been worried that she would have been adopted only for her unusual features, but it seems the shelter have done a great job selecting her new family!