The Cat Distribution System in Action

Sarah Andersen once illustrated how the cat distribution system works. But there are plenty of variations.

He'd never had a cat before, and didn't really want one, but she volunteered to foster a cat for the New York City rescue Flatbush Cats (previously at Neatorama). The first cat they were assigned was a mother cat that came with three kittens. Fostering cats for a rescue organization is a wonderful thing to do, but it often ends in failure. "Failure" in this case means that they don't manage to be a temporary family because they have to keep the cats. That's why organizations are always on the lookout for more volunteer foster parents. In this case, two of the kittens, Viola and Mandolin, are now permanent pets, and their non-cat dad is now a cat person. Viola and Mandolin are very much loved, as you can see at their Instagram gallery.