As part of its ongoing outreach efforts to find suitable permanent homes for foster animals, the Seattle Animal Shelter will host a cat adoptathon at the Sunset Hill Community Association on Saturday, Feb. 11.

“With our monthly neighborhood adoptathons, we hope to continue to spread the word about the joys and value of adopting shelter pets and saving lives. If you have room in your home and your heart for an orphaned animal, this is a great opportunity to come and see some of the wonderful pets available from our foster-care parents,” says Don Jordan, Seattle Animal Shelter director.

The event will feature numerous cats of different breeds and adoption prices range from $45 to $135 (plus applicable license fees). The fees include:

- Initial vaccinations
- Deworming
- Feline Leukemia testing
- Certificate for free health exam at local veterinarians
- Spay or neuter
- Microchip (About the size of a grain of rice, the microchip is injected under the cat’s skin, providing an identification number associated with that animal. Animal shelters can then “scan” a lost animal and retrieve its records from the microchip.)

To help reduce the number of animals euthanized, the Seattle Animal Shelter has a foster-care program to rehabilitate sick and immature dogs and cats. Donations from the city’s “Help the Animals Fund” pay for veterinary care for these animals while they are being fostered.

The event will run from noon till 3 p.m. at the Sunset Hill Community Association, 3003 N.W. 66th St.

For more information about the Seattle Animal Shelter and the pets available for adoption, visit http://www.seattleanimalshelter.org.