"We have many more volunteers who work countless hours giving their blood, sweat, and tears for these cats," she wrote. "I happen to own and adore a Mini Cooper and I knew the 'mini' part would fit him perfectly, so that's what I went with!"ĭelcoure said the volunteers who keep Pippi's Place running and make sure all the kittens find homes deserve all the credit. "His listing was the last one I needed to create and I knew I wanted it to be something adorable and relative to his size," she said. "They're willing to go through the adoption and transfer process to bring him home!"ĭelcoure says her favorite ad is for Mr. And the organization has received an adoption application for "Furrari" Arlis, a sweet older cat, from a family in Canada. People have even been asking to donate," Delcoure says. "We've received an outpouring of encouragement. "Our volunteers are working literally around the clock (every four hours) to care for these kittens."Īnimals 3 cats have outmaneuvered their 2 humans to hold a blender hostage for weeks "Right now, we're working through kitten season, so we have a high volume of tiny kittens who are too young to be adopted out and some with illnesses and injuries that need to be treated before going to furever homes," Delcoure said. ![]() It's a place "where the light of love is always on shining on our loved ones and serving as a beacon to those in need," Delcoure tells NPR. Sadly, Pippi the cat passed away following an accident, but Pippi's Place lives on as her legacy. She named her Pippi, after the mischievous book character. Pippi's Place was started two years ago and is named after director Vicki Grizzard's black kitten, who she found abandoned and needing help. "Different amusing descriptions kept popping up in my head, like the 'four-paw-drive', 'rear air vent', and the rest of them, so I went ahead and made the individual listings as well," Delcoure wrote. She said she pulled up the Carvana website and modeled a page with multiple cat listings off the car search. A photographer had an idea: glam shotsĪlthough Delcoure wasn't super interested in the truck, the image with detailed information about the year, make and model got her creative wheels spinning. On Tuesday morning while I was brainstorming cute ways to display all nine of Pippi's Place's available cats in one post, my husband walked into my office to show me a truck listing."Īnimals Black shelter animals weren't getting adopted. "My husband has been wanting to buy a truck for months, and occasionally brings me his phone to show me the listings. "My inspiration for CatVana is humorously uneventful," Delcoure wrote NPR in an email. It all started with the search for a truck ![]() Those up for adoption include a "2014 Furrari" named Arlis (black exterior, power napping) a "2015 Furcedes" called Buddy (custom grey saddle kit, seat heater) and Cassie, a "2022 Meowzda" (custom multicolor exterior, self-cleaning). She came up with a creative social post inspired by the online used-car retailer to help find its felines new homes. Kayla Delcoure runs social media for Pippi's Place, a cat rescue in Atlanta. What if you took that idea and made it work for adopting a pet? Screenshot of the social post for "CatVana" created by Kayla Delcoure for Pippi's Place.Ĭarvana promoted itself as a new and innovative way to shop for a car.
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