This is another reason why older shelter cats make wonderful companions. They KNOW.

"My roommate adopted an 8 year old cat from a shelter and he refuses to stop cuddling her." (via reddit) “She adopted him from the county animal control and he had been there for 3 weeks. I think their policy was to euthanize after 6 weeks," she added.

8  year old cat refuses to stop cuddling his human who adopted him from the shelter.

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