[DeilMikina]

As someone who has both fostered and adopted animals, the reality is it's really hard to find quality homes for animals. I know lots of people who come off nice, but are really horrendous pet owners, one couple in particular I know has killed at least two cats, the guy gets mad and throws them against walls, they've dumped on average one dog per year, plus various small animals and birds, but yet they jump on every "free" pet around and people hand them animals. Then there's people like my siblings, my brother who shot one dog who kept getting skinny no matter how much Pedigree he fed, then they dumped another dog, let their free kitten have more kittens and then get shot, then they got rid of all their cats a couple years later and let the other dog loose when they moved. Thankfully they are in a no pet rental place now or you bet they would have something again. My sister "loves" animals but PTS one dog for "biting" day 1 after they brought him home from a shelter and let their kids jump all over him, there was no mark on the kid, they PTS a cat for spraying within a few days of him starting rather than figure out why, they adopt more animals when they can't properly afford the ones they have but lenient places gladly let them adopt.

I adopted out a very easy tiny little terrier to one lady and while she seemed nice, a year later she wants to dump the dog without contacting me and lets it run loose to the point where the meter guy maced it. It's hard with cats because there really are so many, but she wants a kitten, who probably can't be declawed according to shelter rules in a rental. Cats can cause an amazing amount of damage and live a long time, you see a ton of people with kittens, but you see very few with 15+ year old cats. I moved twice with my cat and it really is quite difficult to find a rental that allows cats, I ended up buying a house when we had to move a 3rd time because I wouldn't dump her or my ferrets, but most people can't do that and won't put in the effort or money for a pet friendly rental.

It's really hard to say why your friend got turned down, did she get turned down for THAT cat or for any? And look around, there are rescues and shelters I wouldn't adopt from because I don't agree with their policies and there are many that adopt anything to whoever shows up with money.