Local Cat Shelter Hosting Taylor Swift Week, Offering Discounted Adoptions

Taylor Swift performing in Detroit June 9, 2023. Photo: Joe Maroon for Detroit Metro Times

Taylor Swift loves cats. Especially her own three, Meredith Gray, Olivia Benson and Benjamin Button.

While you might not be able to adopt a cat and give it the lavish life of a Swift – currently Meredith Gray is the third-richest cat in the world – you can make up for it with love.

Ohio Alleycat Resource & Spay Neuter Clinic (OAR) is hosting a Taylor Swift week at its campus in Madisonville.

Beginning June 29, adoption rooms will get a Tay Tay makeover resembling all 10 Taylor Swift Eras. On June 30 and July 1, the adoption fee for cats over 1 year old is $19.89 (the year Taylor was born, keep up). That’s a pretty big discount, as the usual adoption fee is $65, according to OAR’s website.

Last year, OAR granted homes to 1,519 kitties, performed 11,427 spay and neuter surgeries and placed 1,242 cats in foster homes, according to a press release. Taylor would be proud.

The nonprofit, no-kill, spay-and-neuter center and shelter provides low-cost services for ferals, strays and pets, according to its website, and operates a trap-neuter-return program.

There will be two cats up for adoption named after a Swift song; Ms. Americana and The Heartbreak Prince will be cutely and patiently awaiting new homes.

OAR also provides resources and guides on how to care for abandoned kittens. If you’re unable to adopt, the organization welcomes volunteers. It saw 400 volunteers last year.

Ohio Alleycat Resource & Spay Neuter Clinic is located at 5619 Orlando Place, Madisonville. Visit OAR’s website for more information. Subscribe to CityBeat newsletters.