The Siamese Cat Rescue Center located in Locust Dale, Virginia has adopted 5,040 cats within its 10 years of operation. The Center, serving primarily the east coast, began when Siri Zwemke, its director, and her family were looking for a Siamese cat for their home. During the process she found out that many Siamese cats end up in shelters and never make it to a loving home. This is when she decided to establish the Siamese Cat Rescue Center in Virginia. “Since then, it has snowballed into this gigantic thing,” she said. “With the assistance of volunteers all over the country, working together over the Internet, we’ve been able to make so many great matches between needy cats and wonderful, loving families.” “Siamese form exceptionally close bonds with their humans and may suffer enourmous grief and trauma when they lose their homes and end up in shelters,” Zwemke noted. “The Siamese personality is so different from the typical feline. In some ways they are more like a dog or small child in that they are highly intelligent, and they require much more attention than one might expect. Also, some of them are very vocal.” “But once they have a permanent home and they know you will love, honor and worship them, they will love you unconditionally,” she added.
Many wonderful Siamese as well as other cats may be seen on the Siamese Cat Rescue Center website: http://va.siameserescue.org/.
If you would like to contact the Center for additional information or to volunteer, call: 540-672-6373 or email: mailto:vasrc@siameserescue.org.