Yesterday, I discovered something very sad. FooPets, the online game I discovered 11 years ago and fell in love with because it featured Abyssinians, has shut down completely. Rumour>/a> has it that when Flash stopped being supported, the game stopped working and/or the original creator (a veterinarian) just didn’t renew the domain. I used to have a shortcut on my browser and I accidentally clicked on it yesterday; trust me, do NOT try to visit the site. It now directs to some…unsavoury images.
I hadn’t really checked in on my flock of Abys since last year, but I always thought about them.
The main reason I stopped going to the site was because they got rid of my favourite thing, Heart Park, which is the closest thing I ever found to a cat-themed online role-playing game.
It was a simple game, really, but I liked it.
You could even have kittens!
I wish I had taken screenshots the last time I visited the site. My main apartment was a loft in Cambridge with a view of Boston! I never thought about it going away, so I never took any of that view.
The Daily Abyssinian...and Singapura 
My sincere condolences! I play an online virtual pets game (Neopets), despite its lack of Abyssinians. Whenever I’ve visited in the Post-Flash world I wonder whether it will be gone. They are trying to survive…but someday…
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Yeah…I am regretting not taking more screenshots.
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