--- title: Farting Cat Returned to Shelter in Rochester description: Smelly cat, smelly cat canonical: https://time.com/61501/cat-returned-to-shelter-because-it-farts-all-the-time/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-14T19:15:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:45.557Z og:title: Cat Returned To Shelter Because It Farts All The Time og:description: Smelly cat, smelly cat og:url: https://time.com/61501/cat-returned-to-shelter-because-it-farts-all-the-time/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54c0885a9c3a1c59/69868381f983e7422204c88f/cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: cat og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cat Returned To Shelter Because It Farts All The Time twitter:description: Smelly cat, smelly cat twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54c0885a9c3a1c59/69868381f983e7422204c88f/cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Cat Returned To Shelter Because It Farts All The Time > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 14, 2014 7:15 PM UTC  William Andrew—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 14, 2014 7:15 PM UTC It’s a sad and stinky tale —with an ultimately happy ending. Lenny the cat was found as a stray by the Scottsville Veterinary Hospital and Pet Adoptions in Rochester, N.Y.. The shelter nursed him back to health and set out to find the adorable cat a permanent home. Happily, he was adopted in March, but, as occasionally happens, the adoption didn’t take and poor Lenny was returned to the shelter after living with his new family for only two days. The reason? He “farts all the time,” reported the [Democrat & Chronicle](http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2014/04/08/gassy-cat-just-one-many-saved-scottsville/7483871/). Upon his return to the shelter, the supposedly farting feline didn’t display any indicators that he had earned his new nickname of “smelly cat,” however the cat may be best suited to a life outdoors. Lenny was made a minor celebrity after the Scottsville Veterinary Adoptions’ posted his story to their [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/scottsvilleveterinaryadoptions). That’s when one brave — and perhaps hard of smelling — family stepped up and adopted Lenny. Happy trails, happy tails. \[Via [Democrat & Chronicle](http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2014/04/08/gassy-cat-just-one-many-saved-scottsville/7483871/) \] **MORE**: [Check Out the World’s Best Collection of Cat Art](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/13/check-out-the-worlds-best-collection-of-cat-art/) **MORE**: [Watch Cats React To Magic Tricks…Sort Of](http://time.com/51864/watch-cats-react-to-magic-tricks-sort-of/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/61501/cat-returned-to-shelter-because-it-farts-all-the-time/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/61501/cat-returned-to-shelter-because-it-farts-all-the-time/"},"headline":"Cat Returned To Shelter Because It Farts All The Time","datePublished":"2014-04-14T19:15:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:45.557Z","description":"Smelly cat, smelly cat","url":"https://time.com/61501/cat-returned-to-shelter-because-it-farts-all-the-time/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","cats"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54c0885a9c3a1c59/69868381f983e7422204c88f/cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54c0885a9c3a1c59/69868381f983e7422204c88f/cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"cat","caption":"","creditText":"William Andrew—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/61501/cat-returned-to-shelter-because-it-farts-all-the-time/","name":"Cat Returned To Shelter Because It Farts All The Time"}}]}] ```