Echo, a 5-year-old cat, stood out among the other residents in C.A.R.E.'s cats' living quarters. She had an all white fur. Nevertheless, she didn't have any luck in attracting a visitor to adopt her. When her photo appeared in a weekly newspaper, however, her luck changed.

Kathleen Haase and her husband used to have solid white cats, and Echo's photo in the newspaper caught their attention. Their last cat died at the age of 14 from an illness and since then, they hadn't had another house cat. For a while, they cared for a female orange-white tiger cat that a stray mother cat had left in the yard. They had it spayed and vaccinated, but it was too wild to become a house cat and one day, it disappeared.

Kathleen said Echo looked on the photo just like the other white cats they had, and she and her husband decided to adopt her. All their other white cats had been males, but Echo does not behave differently with the exception that she doesn't like to be picked up. However, she enjoys snuggling next to her parents for lots of petting.

Keeping Echo as an indoor cat turned out to be no problem. When she arrived at her new home, she was a little bit fearful and restless, pacing through the house or hiding between shelves in one of the rooms. By the next day, she felt more at ease, and she quickly adjusted to her new life. One day, however, she accidently slipped out of the house. She ran around and around, avoiding her parents and her new home until her dad decided to lie down in a lounge chair outside, leaving the house door open. Echo settled down and after a while, she sneaked back into the house through the open door. She has stayed inside ever since then, and she has no desire to go out again.

Instead, Echo likes to observe the outside world and the wildlife from the comfort of the screened-in porch. Watching the birds and squirrels is one of her pastimes during the day. Another one is sleeping, especially in her favorite chair with a black cushion. She also enjoys sitting on a little stool at the window and catching another glimpse of what's happening outside.

In the evening when it's bedtime, Echo starts her aerobic hobbies, releasing all the energy she has accumulated, and often clashes with her parents' ideas of calming down before going to bed. She also has a different opinion of her sleeping arrangements. She would rather use her parents' bed than the other places she has claimed for sleeping. Being a good kitty, though, and knowing the meaning of the word "no," she always concedes and obeys her parents when caught on the bed.

Although Echo has fun playing alone with her catnip mouse, nothing beats play time with her parents. Echo loves to jump at her toy that her mom or dad swings back and forth and tries to catch the bell attached to it.