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White Lake Pet Store Opens 'Kitty City'

'Kitty City' is the new, free-roaming, cat adoption center at Pet Supplies Plus in White Lake off M-59. It opened last week, and the store says it's goal is to boost cat adoptions in Oakland County.

When Addy Shattuck, owner of three stores in Oakland County, opened the first Kitty City adoption center in 2011, she never dreamed that so many felines would find good homes as a result of her custom-designed cat habitat. Her success with the first Kitty City has led to the opening of Kitty City II at Shattuck’s Pet Supplies Plus store in White Lake Township.

Kitty City II is identical to the original Kitty City at Pet Supplies Plus in Bloomfield Hills. Both are free-roaming, cage free adoption centers, designed by Shattuck, that enable kitties waiting for new homes to watch the birds outside through floor-to-ceiling windows, lounge in miniature arm chairs, and enjoy the soft breeze of an overhead ceiling fan. Shattuck designed each Kitty City with plenty of perches for cats to climb, soft beds for sleeping and concealed litter boxes for privacy.  At any given time, each Kitty City is a temporary home to 20 or more cats.

The open environment enables the public to interact with the cats, get to know their unique personalities and, if Shattuck gets her way, fall in love and take home a new family member. Cat adoptions at the Bloomfield Hills Pet Supplies Plus more than doubled with the opening of Kitty City. Shattuck anticipates the same result in White Lake.

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“Kitty City allows the cats to be themselves,” said Shattuck. “Prospective adopters can play with the kitties, get to know them and see how wonderful these cats are. We have people coming into the store just to play with the cats. And, of course, many of them end up adopting one.”   

A Kitty City II grand opening at Pet Supplies Plus in White Lake (off M-59) will include a three-day, 100-cat adoption event starting at 4 p.m. on Friday, June 1 through 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 3. The adoption fee of $59 includes spay or neuter, vaccines and health check. All cats are from Oakland Pet Adoption Center in Auburn Hills, or Elizabeth Lake Animal Rescue in Waterford.

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On Sunday, June 3 customers can bring their cats and dogs to a pet health care fair from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. that includes free wellness exams and reduced cost vaccines, feline leukemia tests and microchipping provided by Union Lake Veterinary Hospital. They will also be treated to a free barbecue lunch from noon to 3 p.m. 

Event sponsors include California Natural and Holistic Select. Pet Supplies Plus in White Lake is located at 6845 Highland Rd. For information, call 248-889-4131 or go to www.petsuppliesplus.com.    

Will there be a Kitty City III? Shattuck is considering the possibility at her third Pet Supplies Plus store. But for now, she’s hoping that the White Lake location will have a big impact on finding homes for homeless cats and kittens.

“Unfortunately, Oakland County has a huge overpopulation of cats,” Shattuck said. “We are hoping that Kitty City will help more people see just how wonderful cats are.”

(This article was written by Linda Wasche with LW Marketworks, inc.)


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