to visitors, with a reading and book-signing by author Gwen Cooper, known for writing Homer's Odyssey about a blind cat. Around 20 kittens were available for adoption at the event. At the time, there were over 100 cats at the sanctuary. In November 2016, the sanctuary or a time lowered the adoption cost of senior cats from all cats over ten years of age from $135 to $50. At the time, a third of Tabby's Place's 120 cats were over the age of ten. Individuals contributed 97% of Tabby's Place's income in 2016. Facility and services Tabby's Place acts as an adoption center, and hospital and hospice for cats. Tabby's Place also provides annual open houses where pet owners can obtain microchip implants for their pets and learn from exhibitions and mini-classes in animal behavior. Tabby's Place houses around 100 cats in a single building, and in 2010 had plans the addition of two more buildings to increase care for a total of 500 residents. The physical design of the Tabby's Place building and attention to detail has received considerable media coverage. The New Jersey Monthly described the sanctuary as "palatial." The sanctuary is cage free and constructed of materials that allow for easy and frequent cleaning. The building includes specialized suites for cats with specific medical needs, outdoor enclosures with access to sunlight, communal living areas with areas to exercise, and a medical facility in house. Focusing on serving cats scheduled for euthanasia at public shelters and rarely taking cats in from members of the public, Tabby's Place abides by a strict "no-kill" policy. Tabby's Place does not restrict the admission of cats on the basis of age or medical conditions, or being generally considered "unadoptable" by the standards of most public animal shelters. Tabby's Place houses many "special needs" cats, adopting a philosophy that even cats with serious health conditions such as diabetes, Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), neurological disabilities, cancer, blindness and paraplegia should be able to live with dignity, to have a loving home, and to be adopted. Families who are unable to adopt are offered the option of sponsoring or "virtually" adopting a cat. Media coverage Tabby's Place cats and personnel are frequently seen in YouTube video shorts and the facility and its residents have been included in programming on Animal Planet's series Cats 101. As of 2016, NewJersey.com had on ongoing "Cat of the Week