{"id":1180050,"date":"2025-12-31T12:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/?p=1180050"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:29:38","slug":"adopt-rakia-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/adopt-rakia-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"What in the \u2018Tortitude\u2019 Is This Adoptable Cat Still Doing in Foster Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-beyondwords-player\"><div data-beyondwords-player=\"true\" contenteditable=\"false\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Published December 31, 2025, by guest <em>blogger Grappa the Cat<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who\u2019s orange and black and caramel all over? OK, yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/sporty-cat-adoptable-animals\/\">yours truly<\/a>. \u2026 But PETA already found me a <em>purr<\/em>manent home! So if you feel like you missed out on adopting me myself and I, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/adoptable-kitten-marmalade\/\">Marmalade<\/a> (my summertime tortie in training), I have good <em>mews<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There\u2019s a new brindle beauty in town, and she\u2019s looking for a su<em>purrb<\/em> family to call her own.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-27-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-27-602x452.jpg\" alt=\"Rakia at rest\" class=\"wp-image-1180048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-27-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-27-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-27-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-27-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-27-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-27-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-27-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-27-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-27-scaled.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Someone, please adopt Rakia before there\u2019s a fresh foster fail!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When my human and her fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/investigations.peta.org\/petas-rescue-team\/\">Community Animal Project<\/a> fieldworkers first met the teen kitten, it was in rural northeastern North Carolina, where PETA\u2019s rescue team answers endless calls for animals in desperate need. <em>This<\/em> call came from a well-intentioned resident who\u2014after beginning to feed the free-roaming cats on his property\u2014had become overwhelmed. My guardian picked up and transported several cats to one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/about-peta\/learn-about-peta\/helping-animals-in-hampton-roads\/snip\/\">PETA\u2019s mobile clinics<\/a>, where they were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/animal-companion-issues\/overpopulation\/spay-neuter\/\">spayed or neutered<\/a> and received additional veterinary care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the kitty crew was the dark tortoiseshell gal, who was a little worse <em>fur<\/em> wear: The tip of her tail was broken, with exposed bone and necrotic tissue, requiring amputation. So, while fieldworkers reunited her owner with a few now-fixed cats whom he declined to surrender \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spayed-and-neutered-cats-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spayed-and-neutered-cats-602x452.jpg\" alt=\"Fieldworker embracing three cat carriers\" class=\"wp-image-1180040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spayed-and-neutered-cats-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spayed-and-neutered-cats-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spayed-and-neutered-cats-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spayed-and-neutered-cats-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spayed-and-neutered-cats-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spayed-and-neutered-cats-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spayed-and-neutered-cats-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spayed-and-neutered-cats-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spayed-and-neutered-cats-scaled.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Is this a scene from a litterbox? \u2019Cause this dude digs his cats!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 <em>my<\/em> human pushed for PETA to gain custody of the short-tailed babe. Knowing he couldn\u2019t commit to recovering the special-needs girl indoors and with supervision, the cats\u2019 owner was <em>purr<\/em>suaded to bid the tween tortie adieu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-23-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-23-602x430.jpg\" alt=\"Rakia standing\" class=\"wp-image-1180038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-23-602x430.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-23-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-23-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-23-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-23-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-23-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-23-1500x1072.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-23-scaled.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">No mixed <em>felines<\/em> here\u2014Rakia thinks indoor life is the cat\u2019s <em>paw<\/em>jamas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like yours truly (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/features\/peta-adoptions-2024\/\">Grappa!<\/a>) and my predecessor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/national-cat-day-sam-simon-center\/\">Brandi<\/a>, once cozy in our foster home, this ginger-and-black belle was dubbed Rakia\u2014an homage to the BP oil spill survivor and PETA\u2019s very own tortie ambassador herself. In the very same guestroom that I once occupied as a \u201cfoster\u201d (as if), Rakia was finally safe from the horrific fates that await most outdoor cats. And just like her cognac-colored forerunners (humble brag incoming \u2026), the demure dame proved to be someone extra special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-11-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-11-602x452.jpg\" alt=\"Rakia in a windowsill\" class=\"wp-image-1180041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-11-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-11-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-11-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-11-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-11-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-11-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-11-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-11-scaled.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cThis apartment ain\u2019t big enough for the both of us,\u201d I remind Rakia. \u2026 Every. Single. Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicherald.com\/article\/local\/benedictine-hospitality-and-our-furry-friends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">room 16<\/a> stint, Rakia was quite the shy Sheila\u2014some might\u2019ve even called her unsocial. Which is why my humans gave her ample time to herself\u2014to decompress, to adjust, and to recognize that she was safe and loved. With a little time, a lot of patience, and all the respect and autonomy possible, Rakia\u2019s fun-loving personality began to shine through. Because a move to a permanent home would be another major adjustment for this shy but sweet <em>b\u00e9b\u00e9 chat<\/em>, Rakia\u2019s adopter will need to be very cat-savvy. Any prospective applicants should also be aware of Rakia\u2019s strong tastes, like how she prefers her toys wanded \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-1-602x452.jpg\" alt=\"Rakia with both paws planted on a string toy\" class=\"wp-image-1180036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-1-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-1-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-1-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-1-scaled.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> It is very im<em>paw<\/em>tant that Rakia\u2019s home be full of wand toys.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 and her tube treats from the tips of her humans\u2019 fingers \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-16-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-16-602x452.jpg\" alt=\"Rakia licking someone's fingertip\" class=\"wp-image-1180037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-16-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-16-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-16-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-16-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-16-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-16-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-16-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-16-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-16-scaled.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rakia thinks tube treats are su<em>purrb<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 and her crystals charged \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-13-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-13-602x452.jpg\" alt=\"Rakia in front of an empty fireplace\" class=\"wp-image-1180042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-13-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-13-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-13-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-13-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-13-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-13-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-13-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-13-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-13-scaled.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This girl is a tad su<em>purr<\/em>stitious.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 and her toys wanded \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-28-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-28-602x452.jpg\" alt=\"Rakia playing with a string toy\" class=\"wp-image-1180039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-28-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-28-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-28-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-28-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-28-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-28-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-28-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-28-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-foster-28-scaled.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Did I mention Rakia <em>purr<\/em>fers wand toys?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 and her photos bombed \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-1-602x452.jpg\" alt=\"Rakia stepping to the viewer with Ezekiel looming in the foreground\" class=\"wp-image-1180034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-1-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-1-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-1-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-1-scaled.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ezekiel not included.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 and her hierarchy placement high \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-2-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-2-602x452.jpg\" alt=\"Rakia and Ezekiel sharing a cat tree\" class=\"wp-image-1180047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-2-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-2-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-2-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-2-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-and-ezekiel-2-scaled.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">No, <em>fur<\/em> real, I just asked my humans again, and they said no bogos\u2014Ezekiel stays with me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 and her humans to *work from home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-wfh-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-wfh-602x452.jpg\" alt=\"Rakia at rest with Dan in the background\" class=\"wp-image-1180035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-wfh-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-wfh-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-wfh-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-wfh-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-wfh-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-wfh-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-wfh-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-wfh-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rakia-wfh-scaled.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">*WFH humans not required, but strongly <em>purr<\/em>ferred.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While Rakia is now a wand toy black belt and a litterbox pro (not to mention Ezekiel\u2019s latest crush) and she has come so far since her initial foster days of hiding under the bed, with hissing being her main form of communication (I had never really thought to sleep between my humans\u2019 legs or curl up on their lap during a movie night until I saw this girl do it), she could experience a behavioral backslide when moving to her new, true <em>fur<\/em>ever home. That is to say, she would not be an ideal cat companion for a first-time cat guardian. She will also require at least one confident feline friend to share her new home with. (While her current foster digs include two canine companions, TBH, she confided in me that she could take or leave a dog roomie.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My New Year\u2019s Resolution? To Lose 5 Pounds!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Rakia is roughly 7 months old. She\u2019s spayed, microchipped, and vaccinated, and her tail is nearly fully healed. If you\u2019re prepared to help me shed a few pounds (5.7 to be exact), I\u2019m prepared to break out the <em>rakia<\/em> and toast to you becoming this deserving girl\u2019s adopter! And CAP fieldworkers are prepared to chauffeur Rakia all the way to her adopter\u2019s home, so long as it\u2019s somewhere along the East Coast. 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