I have been privately rescuing stray cats for over 30 years. I specialize in abused and abandoned cats and kittens and bottle babies. I have worked with cats torched, beaten, shot with either; buckshot, bb?s or arrows and also had some that were near-drowning victims. I have known of a cat crucified right before Halloween who mercifully passed away hours later, and one senior cat who lived with us for four years, who was intentionally run over by her owner and left to die. She couldn?t walk correctly and would crab crawl and hop staying on our bedroom floor until we lost her to a sudden heart attack.
I recently watched a movie entitled The Book Of Eli with Denzel Washington. In the beginning of this movie a beautiful Sphynx cat appears in the darkness looking for food. Seconds later, an arrow whizzes through center screen and this cat is dead, becoming dinner for the ?star? of the show. Later he shares a bit of the cat meat with a mouse that comes to his camp to visit?nice touch…uh huh..
Every time I see the disclaimer at the end of a movie, ?No animals were hurt in the making of this film.? I always have to wonder why animals have to be portrayed as being hurt in the first place? To what end did it serve for him to shoot this cat and knock still another beauty (a Maine Coon mix) off of a bar in a later scene? Why not use sewer rats- but then again, that is what most people who don?t know any better consider cats to be.
Ironically, this movie carries a ?Biblical? theme, emphasizing the point of living a clean, wholesome life intermixed of course with the typical Hollywood gore and violence.
I can just imagine some lowlife seeing this film and deciding the next stray cat he sees out his window is worthy enough for an arrow in the heart.
I stumbled to your blog because I am trying to figure out what I can do to help three young cats I saw tonight in our local Costco parking lot.
Thank you, thank you, thank you– for having the heart and strength to move forward in the face of such horror! You help restore my faith in humanity.
I’ve been planning on going to medical school, in fact I’m supposed to be applying right now; but I have been struggling with despondency over the senseless cruelty every living creature is subject to by humans. I can’t comprehend what kind of person would crucify a cat for Halloween or run their PET over, it knocks the wind out of me.
I guess the real point to this long diatribe is: I sincerely hope that one day I have a fraction of the humanity you exhibit.
You want something with very litlte fillers in them such as corn (harsh on their digestive system) and ash (especially not good for male cats as it can give them stones) I feed my cats science diet. It’s vet recommended and they really enjoy it. They go nuts at meal times. (I have 4 cats) They also carry science diet treats for cats that my cats also love. They know them as cookies’ and I swear they would go through the wall like that cat on the TV if it got in their way.