“We aren’t sure why she has been overlooked all this time,” a North Carolina animal shelter wrote.

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The woman was shot and killed after she pointed a shotgun at two men delivering paperwork at her West Seattle home, police say. No one has been arrested.

ALT: a chihuahua dog is wrapped in a blanket on a bed .

ALT: a close up of a white cat 's face with blue eyes looking at the camera .