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On Friday, people came to the Connecticut Humane Society in Newington beginning at noon, ready to look at animals when the doors opened.

I’ve always wanted a kitten and I’ve never really gotten the chance to,” said Maddock Keany, of West Hartford.

He was excited to adopt an orange cat named Ogy.

"I chose to adopt because…I’d like to get them out, there’s a lot of cats in there, there's a lot of dogs in there, I’d like to do my part, do what I can.”

“We’re thinking about getting kittens because we haven’t had a pet in a while,” said Camden Kane, of Columbia. “We're going to look at

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