My husband and I adopted a beautiful cat, a large Maine coon mix, from Anchorage Animal Control in November of 2007.
Initially, our cat’s name was Squiggy or Squiggly. We changed her name to Kodiak. We already had two great feline family members, Allie and Kenai, also adopted from Anchorage Animal Control. They had such great personalities and were so much fun to have. Allie and Kenai crossed the “rainbow bridge” a few years earlier, and we sadly just said goodbye to Kodi.
Our Alaskan cats spent most of their lives in Florida. Kodi was such a gentle giant, so sweet and amazingly stubborn at the same time. She was quirky beyond belief. Quirky, beautiful, sweet, stubborn, so gentle and loving. Whoever surrendered her years ago gave us an enormous gift for 16 and a half years.
I write this to encourage animal lovers in Anchorage to adopt or rescue a dog or a cat, giving them a loving home for which they deserve. For those of you unable to care for the animals you do have, please surrender them to a safe shelter so these wonderful creatures have a chance of finding a loving home. Go visit Anchorage Animal Control or another animal shelter and please save a life. You will never regret enriching your lives and those you save.
— Connie Laverty Laws
Sebastian, Florida
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