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I gave Shanti a new name - Solène - as a way to mark her new start. I'm from Canada and French is our second language there (though I speak it poorly), so I gave her a French name that means "solemn".

Solène put up quite the fight when I came to pick her up after adopting her, so I knew I was going to have a challenge on my hands.

Despite having a cat of my own back in Canada, I had always wanted to add to my family. After visiting Asan shelter and scoping out the ARK page, I fell in love with Shanti (now Solène) immediately.

It turned out, the feeling was not mutual. But more on that in a minute.