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Did anyone catch the program on TV about the lady in California who rescues cats and has over 700 right now ? What an amazing story and what an amazing lady. She has people that help her and she says they go through over 1,000 pounds of food a week. She finds boxes outside their gate fairly often where people have just dropped off their unwanted kitties and she never turns them away.
I can only imagine how much work it is, I got a taste of it taking care of about 10 ferals that used to come to my shop every night, but 700 must be beyond belief to care for. She has medical facilities and takes really good care of them and also gets them adopted out.
I didn't know about this sanctuary so had to look her up. A big house and several acres is ideal for no cage, no kill. It is what I will do "when" I win the lottery!
Here's some links including the UK who also loves her contributions to cat and dog preservation. She also has some goats that keep the grass mowed.
Every once in a while, my husband looks at me with a somewhat resigned expression, sighs, and says, "We're going to need a ranch for all the cats, aren't we?"
My lottery plans as well..lol
Plus vet school. HA!
I can't even imagine cleaning all those boxes though.
I was not surprised to see that she has employees working 24/7!!!
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Originally Posted by ThatCrazyRedhead
Every once in a while, my husband looks at me with a somewhat resigned expression, sighs, and says, "We're going to need a ranch for all the cats, aren't we?"
It's nice to hear when it works out. My sister called me one day and asked, "When we were growing up, who did we know who would be most likely to become a cat hoarder?" I had no clue. When she told me, it totally made sense because she was a huge animal lover. My sister had been wondering about this childhood friend and googled her. She found a newspaper article about her arrest for neglect, etc, of a crazy number of animals. She had established a rescue, but apparently became overwhelmed. What I don't understand about these people is how they can't see they're doing more harm than good. If they truly had compassion, they would seek other solutions the very moment they weren't meeting the needs of the animals.
The Cat House on the Kings remains, far as I can tell, a happy ending sanctuary story. So many of them are not. It's come up before a few times but never hurts for a new round of people to see it.
It's funny how many of you want to start animal rescues with your theoretical lottery winnings. I know that I would dedicate some of the winnings to such causes. Not sure if I would take on running something like that myself though. I have my doubts that I would be successful keeping it from overwhelming me....
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