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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Video of the Day Lunchtime Quickie

Posted by Kelly O on Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:09 PM

I can't tell if this is one of those classic "feel-good" segments, or just absolutely sad. Man spends over $6000 a month on cat food and donuts for his 500+ cats at Caboodle Ranch™ Where Cats Aren't Treated Like Animals!

Do cats really need donuts and a Walmart?

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Those kitties are so lucky. If it wasn't for this guy, they'd be in shelters on the way to being euthanized. Now they get to eat doughnuts!

Posted by he luvs teh kittehs on March 5, 2009 at 12:37 PM

I hear 6000 people have applied for the job as First Dog for the White House - free room and board plus access to the White House - better than most jobs.

Posted by Will in Seattle on March 5, 2009 at 12:49 PM

The leap from 150 cats to 5,000 cats with their own compound (complete with security! It's like Kitty Waco!) isn't so hard to imagine, I guess. 150 cats = already crazy.

It's the jump from 1 cat to 150, glossed over in a sentence, that's really interesting.

Also: almost more disturbing is the existence of a Dateline/Inside Edition style "News magazing", with all the same trappings and style, devoted to pets and the extremists that love them. To an extreme degree.

Posted by Asa on March 5, 2009 at 12:57 PM

With the right amount of animal training, this guy could totally be a super-villain.

Posted by JC on March 5, 2009 at 1:03 PM

God, I hope he spays and neuters them all. This is a sad case of hoarding, not a cat shelter.

Posted by Griffin on March 5, 2009 at 1:06 PM

My cat loves donuts, and acts pissy on any Saturday morning when they're not served.

Posted by Joe M on March 5, 2009 at 1:22 PM

Cats acting pissy = smell your socks before you put 'em on.

Posted by rob on March 5, 2009 at 1:39 PM

@5 I thought the same thing -- I googled and it looks like he does. Thankfully.

And @3 - I noticed that too... "1 cat had led to 150"... how the fuck does that happen?

Posted by Julie in Eugene on March 5, 2009 at 1:40 PM

@5 and @8 I'm glad it seems he's getting them fixed.

I wonder if they will eat him if he died there and no one knew about it for awhile?

Posted by eastcoastreader on March 5, 2009 at 1:43 PM

P.U.! I bet his furniture looks nice too!

Posted by Vince on March 5, 2009 at 1:59 PM

he's not the only person who works there, folks. sheesh. it looks like kitty heaven to me.

Posted by scary tyler moore on March 5, 2009 at 2:16 PM

i've never heard of "empty nest syndrome" leading to all-out insanity. is this common?

Posted by ellarosa on March 5, 2009 at 2:24 PM

Hey, he's not on the dole and he's doing something he loves. And he's not out there preaching on street corners trying to make you believe.
As a cat owner/friend myself I'm delighted to see this exists. I've also worked at my local shelter where we were lucky enough not to have kill the extra cats that came our way.
A genteel insanity is not always a bad thing. It was the eccentric that lead to the scientific revolution sometimes called the enlightenment.

Posted by BakerB on March 5, 2009 at 2:52 PM

So what if he's a little odd. He's caring for animals other people couldn't/wouldn't care for, he's doing it out-of-pocket, and he's happy. More power to him.

Posted by Jessica on March 5, 2009 at 3:12 PM

This man is my new hero, and I'm making my own small donation today. I do worry about what'll happen when he dies, though....

Posted by catsnbanjos on March 5, 2009 at 3:24 PM

@14: yeah!! exactly.

Posted by Sarah on March 6, 2009 at 2:16 PM