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(and just for reference sake, one acre is about 10 yards shy of the playing surface of a football field) Not because (and I'm assuming facts) he doesn't care or doesn't want to care for them, but because there are 600 cats on 5 acres and there is only so much that can be done. But until the human population gets control over the companion animal population we are going to have to come to terms with the blunt fact that there are not enough homes / resources to care for them all.Īnd when places like Caboodle Ranch take in more cats then they can possibly care for, then the cats become stressed and become susceptible to getting ring worm, and URI, and sadly death. Every pet is worth saving, they are worth having a home and it is worth it to advocate finding homes for them. And in time many of them turn into "hoarding" situations and usually end up falling into legal issues.ĭon't get me wrong. So they take in these unadoptable or sick pets and spend all of their money trying to 'save' them. So people go in search of soft hearted people who run 'no kill' shelters and give sob stories (real or made up) about their pet, and sadly many who run small local 'no kill' shelters can't say no. I can't help but be the bad guy and tell them that if they (who love that pet) do not want to care for it, who will want to step up and take care of it? (again, there are people, but again, one every eight seconds.) I am constantly seeing people tell other people who want to rehome their pets for one reason or another to find a 'no kill' shelter. Yes, there are the notable exceptions to this rule, and while I think that is wonderful, it also provides a false idea that other "no kill" shelters can and will do the same thing.
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well lets just say too many die waiting for homes. If they don't, if they aren't picky, then their available resources are used up taking care of pets that only a rare few will ever adopt - and finding those owners to adopt those types of pets. They usually take the cutest and most adoptable animals. For all but a handful no-kill shelters pick and choose the animals they will take in and care for. So "no-kill" shelters should be called "closed admission" shelters.
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We could not turn every shelter into a no-kill shelter because frankly there is just not enough room or resources to take care of them all. Currently every eight seconds a companion animal dies because it does not have a home. With out open admission shelters, the world would be over run with companion animals. The one that bites, the one that urinates on the bed, the one that is sick and dying, the one that is displaced because the owners are moving, the ones that have behavior issues, etc. This means that they take in every unwanted animal from the towns it has contracts with.
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Just so you all know upfront, I volunteer for an open admission shelter. I also hate the term "no-kill" because of everything it implies. Don't get me wrong, I love "no-kill" shelters for what they can do, but the general population doesn't seem to realize they have their limits. I don't know the last time I ranted about "no-kill" shelters, and if you have heard it recently, you'll just have to skip this post. Only so many people fit on a life boat before it sinks. And I am one of them, but only to a point. Many people believe this is preferable to euthanizing cats that don't have homes.
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I couldn't help but wonder how on earth he could care for that many cats roaming free on five acres. After the jump, a video of life on the ranch (if you can stand the adorableness, not to mention the sick guitar riffs that drop in at a few points):Ĭraig Grant, who runs the ranch, is looking for volunteers to help him run the place he’s currently putting in 14-hour days.It was called heaven and a blessing for wayward cats.
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Lots of companionship, actually there are currently six hundred and sixty cats living in the village, which is also full of cat-sized buildings where the kitties are allowed to roam around. Deep in the woods of northern Florida, there exists a sanctuary for felines who have been left behind by extreme circumstances and extreme people: Caboodle Ranch, located smack in the middle of a wildlife preserve, is 30 acres of land devoted to providing otherwise-homeless cats some sanctuary and companionship.