Update (Jan. 29): The cat has been found and returned to the owner.

An orange tabby cat has been missing since Wednesday, Jan. 11. He’s a very friendly kitten, who meows a lot. He may have some red wax on him from a candle accident. The cat’s home is around 47th and Chester.

If you’ve seen this cat, please contact Edde at: motoedde@gmail.com

Update (11:15 p.m.): The pooch has been found and is safe at home.

A Beagle/Jack Russell Mix (neutered) was lost tonight. He is mostly black with some brown and white, has a docked tail, and is greying around his muzzle. He responds to the name Harvey and was last seen at 45th and Osage. Please contact Marni with any information regarding his whereabouts at 804-690-7950.

This week’s featured pup is Anna, a one-two-year old, 35 pound, playful pit mix who was found as a stray in Philadelphia. Now she’s in foster care and looking for a forever home! Anna is sweet and smart and really eager to please. She loves her people, and is meeting new people to love all the time.

Anna can occasionally be uncertain with new people, but a few treats go a long way with this girl, and she will be your best pal in no time. And once she’s your pal, she’s really your pal – you can pick her up, cuddle her, kiss her, touch her paws: she has no body-handling issues at all! At night, she loves to sack out on the couch, sprawled across your lap while you read or watch a movie. And if you let her on the bed, she will burrow down in the blankets to cuddle up close to you. (Though she happily sleeps in her crate all night if you want her to).

Anna has also been making new dog friends in her foster home. She is great with lower energy dogs (she has been lovely and polite with two fragile 14 year-old dogs that she knows), but can get a little too excited with higher energy, pushy dogs. Her medium-energy foster brother is just right for her.

Anna has plenty of puppy energy, so she would do best in a home that can provide her with daily exercise. She loves to go running with her foster mom. She is super smart, and learns fast. Watch her video to see how much she has learned in just a few weeks in foster care! She can be a little jumpy and mouthy when she plays, so older children only would be best for Anna. Anna does have some allergies that seem to be controlled by diet, but don’t hold that against her! Anna is house-trained, crate-trained, microchipped, vaccinated, spayed, and ready to go home with you! To meet Anna, contact elizabeth.elzer [at] gmail.com.

Maddie is an adorable ball of energy and cuddles, who will keep you smiling, laughing, and loving every minute shared with her! She’s a petite eight-month-old kitty with the cute quirk of a tail that curls like a question mark, further adding to her lovebug appeal.

She doesn’t mind her foster parents’ dog, and even got the grumpy older lady cat of the house to yield to her kittenish charm and play. This little gal loves all kinds of toys, and to be cuddled and pampered.

Maddie is spayed, vaccinated, FIV/FeLV negative, flea treated, de-wormed, and litterbox trained. Please contact projectmeowadoptions[at]gmail.com to meet her or stop by the Baltimore Pet Shoppe at 4532 Baltimore Ave.

Adoption application and fee apply.

Reader Louise emailed us with this information last night (Jan. 22):

“My husband and I found a cat tonight at 46th and Larchwood. He was really dirty, had no collar, and was absolutely freezing. He followed us, purring and meowing, all the way home to 46th and Hazel — even walked in our front door! We took him to UPenn Vet Hospital to have him checked out, and they told us that he’s young, isn’t microchipped, but is neutered, which makes us think he may have a home.”

If this is your cat, please email Louise at: louisefeder[at]gmail.com

Update (Jan. 29): Speckles has been adopted.

West Philly residents Jen and Rachel are looking for a forever home for their cat Speckles. Here’s what Rachel wrote us:

“Speckles is a young – about 8 months old – tortoiseshell cat. She was an outside cat in a colony in West Philly who was almost fully socialized when we did her TNR (trap neuter release). Then she had an infection after her spay surgery and needed to be back inside to recover and get medications. Once we brought her in for recovery and realized that she enjoyed being inside and would make a great pet we couldn’t imagine putting this sweet girl back out. Plus, now she loves to be around us, although is shy at first with strangers.

Whenever we visit her in her room (we have other cats so we are keeping her separate for now), she purrs, cuddles, and loves to get pet. I seriously would never imagine that a few months ago she was afraid of people! She is about 7-8 months old, FeLV and FIV negative and looking for a new home. We have begun to let her out with our other cats and she seems more interested in them than they are in her, so she would probably do well in a home with other friendly cats.

She has been treated for fleas, de-wormed, and been vaccinated for rabies. We are hoping to collect a sliding scale adoption fee of $25-$60.