Every child goes through a phase when they beg their parents to get a pet, and one Arizona couple thought their daughter would soon forget about a blind shelter cat she found online.
But eight-year-old Britta Bergeson couldn’t get the one-year-old cat named Justice, whose eyes were both removed because of trauma once rescued by the Arizona Humane Society, after seeing a picture of her on the rescue site. “She originally saw her on the [AHS] website, and she was telling her whole family about her, and how that was the cat she wanted,” adoptions supervisor Vanessa Crues said. “She had a soft spot in her heart for this cat.”
To convince her parents that she was serious about adopting the cat, Britta drew pictures of her and Justice together to show what life would be like if they let the sweet cat into their home and hearts. “Her parents said she couldn’t stop talking about her,” Crues said. “I think when she saw [Justice] and saw that she needed extra love and care, she wanted to provide that for her. She thought, ‘I can take good care of her, and give her a good home and baby her.'”
Realizing that Britta wasn’t going to give up, her parents brought her to the shelter to visit Justice and see if they were even a good fit for the special needs cat. “It was just an instant love connection,” Crues said. “She got pretty emotional, and she was crying happy tears, like ‘Oh my gosh, she’s everything I thought she would be.’ Cats can sometimes be a little cautious around people, but she just warmed up immediately. She let her pet her and was rolling around, and just wanted all the love. It worked out well.”
Britta took Justice home that day and renamed her ‘Lucky’ since they were lucky to have the new addition and the cat was lucky to have them as a new family. “She is doing way better than I would have thought,” said mom Shay Bergeson. “The first two days she stayed in Britta’s room in her cat bed, but by the third day she started to venture out and she knows the house so well! She is the best, most sweet cat we have ever owned.”
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[Featured image: Arizona Humane Society]
Girl Drew Pictures Of Blind Cat Until Parents Adopted Her is an article from: LifeDaily