RUMMY Rummy is a black-and-white kitten with...

RUMMY

Rummy is a black-and-white kitten with jade-colored eyes. Named

after the card game, this sweet female is polydactyl -- meaning she

has an additional toe on each paw. Also known as “Hemingway cats,”

polydactyls were made famous by the writer Ernest Hemingway, who bred

them in his Key West, Fla., home, which is now a museum that houses

many six-toed cats.

Rummy’s caregiver, Gena Bartrom, also volunteers with Pet

Pro-Life, a nonprofit rescue organization operating out of Petsmart

in Fountain Valley. Rummy is just one of the dozens of kittens and

cats from other rescue groups our network helps to find homes for

every year.

Rummy and her littermates -- Scrabble, who has a marble-Bengal

look; Checkers and Domino, both black-and-white; and Yahtzee, a tabby

-- as well as their jade-eyed mother, Mimi, are available for

adoption this Saturday and Sunday.

The Community Animal Network is a community-supported animal

organization linking people and pets through community action. See

other animals available for adoption at

o7wwwf7o7.animalnetwork.orgf7, or stop by Russo’s pet store at

Fashion Island between noon and 4 p.m. on weekends. Information: call

(949) 759-3646 or write to the Community Animal Network at P.O. Box

8662, Newport Beach, CA 92658.