Trying to Find the Purrfect Home

If you're looking to adopt a cat, then the Humane Urban Group might be able to help. This group traps, neuters and cares for feral cats; HUG is also involved in cat adoptions. Jack Hausman, president of HUG who has been doing this for 15 years, partners with local animal hospitals, including the New Hyde Park Animal Hospital, where three of his cats are being housed.

To adopt ones of these cats, people should contact the New Hyde Park Animal Hospital to see the cat and they will need to have a veterinarian check done if they have another animal in the house already. There is also a contract that needs to be signed before the cat is adopted. The contract stipulates that, among other things, if the cat is sick within two weeks, HUG will cover the costs of its care.

Hausman places priority on having "the right match." There is an interview process for potential adopters who are not already part of the HUG network.

All of the cats Hausman puts up for adoption have had their veterinarian check performed and depending on their age, they have been either spayed or neutered. If the cat has not been fixed by the time you want to adopt it, Hausman says there is a significant discount toward that procedure.

Hausman does not take in cats other than the ones that he catches. For more information you can email kitties2adopt@aol.com.

Here are some photos of three cats that are available for adoption.