Kitten rescuer visits Hunt Library

Kitten rescuer visits Hunt Library

Jessi Chacho allowed children to gently pet a rescued kitten.

Patrick L. Sullivan

Jenia Booth of Warren, Connecticut, runs a kitten rescue organization, Sophia L’Orange Kitten Rescue.She came to the David M. Hunt Library Saturday morning, Feb. 1, to tell an audience of mostly small children what the work entails.

From her website: “Our mission is to take in pregnant cats, nursing cats with kittens, and orphan kittens who are in need of a safe haven; foster them in a home environment, provide vet care, and adopt them out to loving families.”

Accompanying Booth were two women who have fostered cats, Laura Ledan of Litchfield and Jessi Chacho of New Fairfield. The latter had a black kitten handy for the youngsters to pet.

Jenia Booth explained how cat rescue works.Patrick L. Sullivan

Booth emphasized several times how critical it is to be patient with rescued cats and kittens.

“You have to learn how to let the kitty get used to things.

“Start off slowly. Be gentle. Let the kitty come to you.”

She said the hardest part of fostering cats is knowing when to let them move on.

“I can’t have eight cats, but I can find eight loving families.”

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