Six 黑马磁力 kittens and their mom, whose every move was captured on a live Internet feed for eight weeks, 24 hours a day, captured the hearts of the world.
They have all been adopted, confirmed Patti Dale Animal Shelter.
But thank yous for letting the furry felines鈥� day-to-day antics be shared with everyone are coming in from around the world.
鈥淲e received registered mail from Japan today.
鈥淭he front of the envelope had a dozen cute Hello Kitty stickers and more Hello Kitty stickers inside,鈥� said Patti Dale animal shelter manager Sean Baker.
鈥淚nside there was a letter, a picture of Petunia and her kittens and $75 in Canadian five-dollar bills.鈥�
The girl from Japan wrote that she had lost her own cat in April and watching these kittens play and sleep made her feel happy.
鈥淭hey cheered me. I hope their [sic] happiness,鈥� wrote the girl.
They have also received donations from England and other countries.
In fact, the live feed saw more than 1.3 million views during the eight weeks volunteer foster mom Shelly Roche trained her webcam on the feline family, and let their adorable ways do the rest.
A link via The Times鈥� Facebook page also proved very popular, drawing more readers than anything else featured on the page 鈥� by a wide margin.
Their cute kitten play captured the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people, some of whom found themselves in trouble with employers because they were watching kittens instead of working.
Two kittens were adopted together, and young mom Petunia also found a nice home, said Baker.
One of the females had to wait to be spayed because she didn鈥檛 weigh enough. Baker held back another female so she had a companion through coming out of surgery.
Now all seven have gone to good homes, he said.
He doesn鈥檛 know if Roche would be willing to do it again.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a huge commitment to open your home up to a live camera.
鈥淏ut the end product was amazing.
鈥淚t鈥檚 like a good book. You don鈥檛 want it to end and when it does, you say, 鈥極K, but what鈥檚 next?鈥� said Baker.
In the meantime, there are still plenty of kittens and cats looking for a good home.
If you are interested in adoption call Patti Dale Animal Shelter at 604-857-5055.
