Haviah had her heart set on adopting the underdog. Or, undercat, as it were. Black cats are often overlooked in the rescue world and as a young Black woman growing up in Canada, the experience of being an underdog resonates deeply with Haviah. But in the end, after a long back and forth at her local rescue, the award-winning rapper realized that the cat who most needed saving was not black. It was Buster. Haviah tells the whole story, which is quite frankly one of the most remarkable pet origin stories we’ve ever heard. She explains how Buster became Thirteen - a number that shows up a lot in her work and life and has deeply poetic, meaningful origins. Haviah also talks about what it was like to adopt Thirteen, only to find that at first he didn’t want anything to do with her - and what she learned from that as a new pet parent. And she shares how Thirteen has taught her to slow down and “find a better baseline.”

You can follow what Haviah is up to on her website: https://haviahmighty.ca/

Or on Instagram here

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Furball Confidential is created and hosted by Jen Moroz

Talia Schlanger is our producer

She also co-created our theme music with David Travers-Smith, with Brian Kobayakawa on bass

Reza Dahya does the video and sound design and editing 

Dani Stover does our social media

Our show artwork is by Adrian Forrow

Marina Hanna does our audience development

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