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Yes, It's the Cat Lady

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The cat lady. Every neighborhood has one.
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13 responses // Yes, It's the Cat Lady

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1J6zbqOLtc
    How many cats is too many??
    abbym0308
  • Abbym0308, there's no such thing as too many cats :p
    Vincylicious
  • This is so touching.
    Marlys
  • Vincylicious, cats need a lot of space/territory - 50 cats in a two-room apartment is definitely too much.

    When I lived in the country and had a huge garden, I had on average 30 cats of my own - they lived outside 24/7 but all had their moment inside for bonding and for grooming, etc., and of course, if any of them were ill or hurt, I would keep them inside my house to nurse and treat them. I became something of a cat lady in spite of myself because strangers would dump unwanted or sick cats in my garden...

    Now that I live in a small apartment, I only have 3 cats, sometimes 4, but no more.
    Vierotchka
  • that was nice
    jamesia
  • i thin kmore people should be like her there are so many homeless cats and cats in the pound its sad
    ScottTheHilander
  • So I do not think that this lady is crazy. I think if you have a passion in life a passion to do good for humans or animals in this case go for it. Everyone was put on earth to do something good and I think this lady is doing very very well. It's so nice to hear of other people helping those poor stray animals!!! Thank you cat lady!
    canadianxkronic
  • At first glance, I thought she was completely out of it. But towards the end of this pod, I realized that she needs these cats as much as they need her. She's an older lady, she needs the company, but this struck me in a way that the stereotypical "cat lady" story couldn't: this is real. She has a mission. No person can go on living their life without a mission, a passion, or the need to fulfill this passion. After all, the cats are good to her, and she's good to them. This was an absolutely beautiful pod.
    MissLydia
  • let the lady do what she wants.
    its her life.
    stevie33
  • This is actually a common problem. People who want to take care of so many animals but too often the animals end up being in terrible conditions because of the person's inability to provide for them. Fifty cats in one apartment sounds like way too much to me. I don't doubt her intentions, but good intentions dn't always translate to good outcomes.

    As for feeding the strays, I applaud her for that. I just hope she's making some effort to get them fixed. Trap/Neuter/Release programs have the potential to make a huge impact on feral cat populations.
    animatorgeek
  • inspiration.
    treethuggin
  • this is inspirational and touching...
    at least this neighborhood isn't like the esteemed host of the Olympics...
    as Laura Ling
    http://current.com/items/76291202_wild_animal_market
    ablindeye
  • I loved this story -- it's very touching. Of course, I'm not an impartial observer -- I'm the "cat lady" in my neighborhood. I started when a neighbor's family took him to live with them -- but not his cats, many of them non-spayed/neutered. I saw them in the neighborhood, and started feeding/watering them because it was so sad seeing them just abandoned.

    My husband and I also have 8 indoor cats now. Some were rescued from the outdoor colony and we fell in love with them -- plus, they were happy to become domesticated.

    Our vet's helps us to adopt some of the "semi ferals" out to interested clients. They give us a special rate on spaying/neutering. We've also gotten help with trap-spay/neuter-return, from a great group, Alley Cat Allies.

    We've even had a Good Samaritan neighbor who saw what we were doing and would leave bags of food on our front porch.

    And wonder of wonders, we also found that several other neighbors were also feeding and bonding with these cats. They don't look semi-feral at all -- they have nice, thick coats (in the winter, that is), and the colony size is rather stable right now, although there are a couple of males that we want to try and trap. They get rather ... active, shall we say ... around this time of year!

    I love doing this because these animals don't ask for much -- and they give so much in return -- even the ones that seem the wildest come around eventually. If I had a farm, I would love to help cats that are abandoned, etc. I don't know how much the rats would love this concept, though!
    audball515

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