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Man builds cat-sized village for homeless cats
Yahoo! Green ^ | 9/14/10 | Jerry James Stone

Posted on 09/16/2010 9:19:40 PM PDT by Jaded

Craig Grant didn't like cats. But that changed when his son moved out, leaving his cat, Pepper, behind. And just when Craig was getting used to having one cat, he found out Pepper was pregnant.

Five kittens later, Craig was ready to adopt them out until his son said they must stay with their mother for 8 weeks. "It wasn't long before the kittens were swinging from my curtains," he notes on his website.

The cats started to be a problem for Craig. Not only were neighbors complaining but the cats were being harassed, like being shot with B.B. guns. A newspaper advertisement led him to a tree farm 100 miles away from his Jacksonville condo.

He immediately loved the tree farm and bought 30 acres where he quickly erected an office trailer as a cat shelter. It had pet doors and padded shelving for long cat naps. The sanctuary is in the middle of 100 acres of wildlife.

(Excerpt) Read more at green.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalshelter; cats; kittyping
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To: windcliff

Cyoot kittehs ping.


41 posted on 09/17/2010 10:11:36 AM PDT by stylecouncilor (What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
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To: Jaded

We have one dog and four cats. Ninja (cat) and Buster romp together. Buster weighs 94 lb. When I see Bus bouncing around, it’s evident that a little miscalculation would result in a cat pancake. Ninja trusts him implicitly, and that has never happened.
Incidentally, the reason that we have cats is that Scooby, a pointer-setter mix who has joined the angels, used to point at feral litters for hours. The kittens got so used to him that they were unafraid of dogs. To keep them safe, we had to bring them in the house. He was their nanny until they grew up. He didn’t like cats, only kittens. The Creator works in strange ways....:)


42 posted on 09/17/2010 11:00:47 AM PDT by Silentgypsy
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To: stylecouncilor

I need to drop off Butters there.


43 posted on 09/17/2010 12:08:18 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: Riley
Might be fun to go to this guy’s kitchen and use the can opener and see what happens. :-)/

LOL!

44 posted on 09/17/2010 1:29:04 PM PDT by Allegra (Flank steak is very lean.)
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To: Allegra

I think that Craig could singlehandedly keep the lint-roller industry afloat.

I finally was able to get into his webpage. I have a lump in my throat.

What a genuine, authentic human being.


45 posted on 09/17/2010 3:43:14 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Jaded

Must be loaded.

They appear well cared for...


46 posted on 09/17/2010 6:05:18 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Liberals are educated above their level of intelligence.. Thanks Sr. Angelica)
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To: Lady Jag

Look at all the kitties.


47 posted on 09/17/2010 6:13:17 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Liberals are educated above their level of intelligence.. Thanks Sr. Angelica)
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To: TheOldLady
Don't look under the refrigerator.

Yeah, I should have added etc, etc, etc to sofa, chairs and beds ;^)

48 posted on 09/17/2010 6:53:21 PM PDT by The Cajun
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To: Riley
I finally was able to get into his webpage. I have a lump in my throat.

What a genuine, authentic human being.

I felt the same way.

I have a special place in my heart for kitties and those who take care of them.

49 posted on 09/18/2010 12:36:00 AM PDT by Allegra (Flank steak is very lean.)
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To: Fred Nerks

Cute. I love his handlebar “whiskers.”


50 posted on 09/18/2010 1:05:42 PM PDT by To Hell With Poverty (The War on Poverty is over. Poverty won. - Howie Carr)
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