Tulip has had to overcome many obstacles in her short life, but the 10-month-old kitten greeted each new day with the biggest smile.
She was found on the streets of Ontario, Canada, at just two weeks old and rescued by a local animal rights activist. Tulip had an eye infection but was still beaming for the camera as her lifeguard posed for a photo for the site. She didn’t know that this photo would help her find a lasting family.
Jen and Chris had been looking for a friend for their cat, Pinecone, for months when baby Tulip’s grin appeared on their computer screen. Jen said, “Her grin in the small commercial immediately drew us in.”
The couple applied for adoption right away and was accepted. They couldn’t believe that Tulip was still smiling even at the shelter when they went to see her. They had an instant connection with her. Jen said: “We fell in love with her beauty and demeanor as soon as we met her in person”.
When they brought Tulip home, she continued to have a wonderful smile. “At first we thought the ad was just using a lucky random photo, but when we brought her home and started taking a bunch of pictures of her, we realized it was a no-brainer. change,” added Jen. “Her smile is always there and never gets boring.”
Despite his health problems, the tuxedo kitten grinned and assured his adoptive parents that everything was going to be great.
Jen explains: “The realist in me likes to attribute her permanent smile to the particular nuance of her face. “At the same time, another part of my mind thinks she’s always smiling because she realizes how far she’s come since she was 10 months old.”
