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Couple pledges to find homes for family of 46
A Caroline couple losing their home needs to find a new home for their 46 cats
Interested in the cats? E-mail psmith@fredericksburg.com
Date published: 3/2/2009 BY PORTSIA SMITH Shoes and Socks are 8-month-old tabby siblings that love to sit on laps. Jellybean is a spunky little 6-year-old that likes to swat. And 17-year-old Miss Skittles just likes to take naps. These are just a few of the abused and abandoned cats Tim and Sherry Sterner took into their Caroline County home over the years. In fact, they have so many--46 cats and nine dogs, to be exact--that a sign in their living room said, "If you want the best seat in the house, you'll have to move a cat." That sign has now come down. After 17 years of opening their home to animals in need, the couple is losing it to foreclosure. The Sterners haven't been given a date to vacate their home, but planned to move into a rental house in Spotsylvania County over the weekend. They are allowed to keep the nine dogs, but all 46 cats need a new home. "It's going to be hard not having a cat in my life," Sherry said through tears. "They give you back so much more than you give them, and they make you laugh just when you need it." But no matter what, the cats won't be abandoned, the Sterners said. "We want to find a good home for them," Sherry said. "It's going to take somebody special to take care of the older cats." "If we can't find a home for all of them, one of us will stay here until they are gone," Tim said in an interview at their old home last week. Owning so many animals may seem odd to some, Sherry acknowledged. But "it's a lifestyle we have just chosen to live." She is a 911 dispatcher and takes most calls for the county's animal control office. If they couldn't answer a call about an abandoned or injured cat, she would call Tim. He would pick it up and take it home, and they nursed it back to health. Their house off Claiborne Crossing Road in Woodford sat at the end of a cul-de-sac and cats would "just show up," they said.
Hey it's Sherry
(posted by
VaMom24
, Mar. 2, 2009 10:48 am)
I heard about this before it came out, but didn't realize it was her. Great Lady.... Very friendly and helpful. I hope you find homes for all your kitties.
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