Brady McGrath (pictured), 2, lost no time in choosing his new cat at the Wairarapa SPCA on Friday.
Thirty Wairarapa felines found new owners after a free-to-good-homes offer at the SPCA centre in Masterton.
Wairarapa was included in the ''free kittens and cats'' day as were SPCA centres in Newton, Waikanae and Levin.
The Masterton office was flooded with prospective owners on Friday morning, Wairarapa SPCA manager Val Ball said.
Within two hours of opening more than 20 people had called in for free felines and seven cats had been adopted.
''There have been more people than cats here this morning, we've been overrun,'' she said.
The older cats and kittens had all been desexed and vaccinated, she said, and usually cost $80 to take away.
There had been 30 cats rehomed out of the Masterton centre by Friday afternoon and 150 animals given away in their Wellington offices.
Younger kittens that were not yet desexed were not up for grabs, Mrs Ball said.
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