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By Francisco Guzman and Saeed Ahmed, CNN

Updated 2334 GMT (0734 HKT) February 3, 2020

(CNN)Despite the odds, the "World's Worst Cat" has just been adopted into a loving family.

The Mitchell County Animal Rescue in North Carolina posted an adoption ad on Facebook last month that introduced the world to Perdita, the '"World's Worst Cat."
"We thought she was sick," the ad said. "Turns out she's just a jerk."

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The transparent tactic has helped get stubborn pets adopted in the past, Mitchell County Animal Rescue Executive Director Amber Lowery told CNN. They hoped it would work for Perdita, too.
"We thought if we highlighted [her personality] in a humorous way, the person with a personality to match hers can adopt," Lowery said.

Meet Perdita, not for the faint of heart. LIKES: staring into your soul until you feel as if you may never be cheerful again; the song Cat Scratch Fever, the movie Pet Cemetery (Church is her hero), jump scares (her specialty), lurking in dark corners, being queen of her domicile, fooling shelter staff into thinking she's sick (vet agrees...she's just a jerk) DISLIKES: the color pink, kittens (yuk they are so chipper), dogs, children, the Dixie Chicks, Disney movies, Christmas and last but NOT least...HUGS. She's single and ready to be socially awkward with a socially awkward human who understands personal space. FREE ADOPTION
If interested please go to www.mitchellcountyanimalrescue.org to fill out an application

The couple is renaming the cat Noel, "just in case the name Perdita is the cause of her anger. (We can't blame them for that!)" the shelter wrote in another Facebook post.
According to the original ad, the feisty feline likes "staring into your soul until you feel as if you may never be cheerful again."
Perdita dislikes "the color pink, kittens (yuk they are so chipper), dogs, children, the Dixie Chicks, Disney movies, Christmas and last but NOT least... HUGS."
Let's hope her new home is free of those horrors.

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