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Charity steps in to rehome 300 cats from ‘overwhelmed’ man in Canada (www.theguardian.com)
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Man says he ended up in ‘a crazy situation’ after he began taking in cats abandoned during Covid pandemic

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[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I feel for him, that's gotta be tough. I took in 10 strays, I can't even imagine having nearly three hundred of them.

I wonder why he didn't do something earlier? I know getting them fixed is expensive (it's going to be around $200 each for the 10 I have) but neither is 28kg a day for food. At least in my case I can keep the girls separated in the house as we slowly afford to get them done.

[-] Sizzler@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago

Wow, you can get them done for free from charities in the UK.

[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

There's a few places Here in Canada that can do them fairly cheap, but nowhere close to where I live, and they usually have a limit of one cat per year.

[-] Sizzler@slrpnk.net 4 points 7 months ago

I just had a quick look and yeah seems like you know your local situation. That's really stupid for the local environment but someone's gotta get paid.

[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

Ya, looked into a while back when I was still trying to make friends with these strays... the best deal I can find in my area is $150 plus tax for males, and $210 plus tax for females.

I don't have much coin to spare but there's just no way I was leaving those strays to fend for themselves and make things worse, so I'm squirreling money away to get them done in batches. My neighbor is chipping in $200 so that'll help too.

Bonus is now the neighbors are calling me the cat whisperer because the strays all come running when I'm around lol

[-] ramirezmike@programming.dev 14 points 7 months ago

before I got a cat I would have said this dude is crazy. But, now, I get it. I too want to save all the kitties

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

Last year we lost two cats, and somehow gained three. It would have been more off it could have been.

[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Cat ladies are no match to this man.

[-] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

I bet you there are plenty that are, but either way, if it were a woman this story was about, she would 100% be framed as a "crazy" cat lady, but it's a man, so it's the situation that is "crazy", not him..

[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago

That was a joke. I think you are looking for something that's not there.

[-] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

I understand that you were making a joke, and I went off it to make a serious point about the framing of the story. I'm not the one "looking for something that isn't there".

[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago
[-] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 months ago

No, I'm really not, but good luck working on your reading comprehension. 👍

[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, you really are. Good luck learning what crazy cat person syndrome is as you continue to spout off about it. 👍

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

Just slightly overwhelmed

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