man builds village for cats!!! (im going to catnap dhedsteves cats and take em there)

[murderer]

Man Builds Cat-Sized Village for Homeless Cats

And this sanctuary was built by someone who doesn't like cats.

By Jerry James Stone | Wed Sep 8, 2010 12:51

Photo via caboodleranch.com

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Craig Grant doesn't like cats. But that all 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. A home he wasn't quite ready to give up with its short walk to the beach and it was also close to his work.

Photo via caboodleranch.com

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, padded shelving for long cat naps. The sanctuary is in the middle of 100 acres of wildlife.

Photo via caboodleranch.com

Craig moved there himself in 2003. By that time he had 11 cats, he had been adopted strays and abandoned cats. By 2004, he had 22 cats. As you can tell by these pictures, he now has quite a few more than 22.

"We [currently] have 660 cats, we have barely touched on the first 5 acres of the 30 acres of land," says Craig.

All of the expenses for the sanctuary have come out of Craig's pocket and he even travels 250 miles roundtrip to work many times a day to keep the cats safe and cared for. Because each cat costs about $550 a year to tend to, and that is without extraneous vet bills. For all cats are spayed or neutered, and their shots are kept up to date.

Photo via caboodleranch.com

And while Caboodle Ranch is beyond cute, it is also hard work. Craig puts in 14-plus hours a day. The ranch's biggest challenge is finding dedicated volunteers. The novelty of the sanctuary surely attracts visitors, about 30 or so each month, but they don't always stick around.

But don't go to Caboodle Ranch looking for a pet. The cats are not up for adoption. "The reason the cats are there in the first place is that there were not enough homes [for them]. The cats at the ranch have their forever home now. We prefer people adopt cats from humane societies, animal control etc, where those cats are on death row and are in desperate need to be saved," says Craig.

Check out his Facebook page here.

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Photo via caboodleranch.com

Photo via caboodleranch.com

Photo via caboodleranch.com

Photo via caboodleranch.com

Photo via caboodleranch.com

[Basics]

[_advanced]

Damn, thats alot of cats

[Moonlight Graham]

[budo09]

[Mr. Blonde]

looks like my back yard

[studogg76]

Cats are worthless animals. theres a reason why you see so many stray cats and not so many stray dogs.

The guy who made this village is quite retarded too

[nickh]

This is better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeCsAQdVnSg&feature=player_embedded

okay no idea why that isnt working, link is above tho..

Edited September 11, 2010 by nickh

[mesaplayeraz]

Waste of fucking money. If he hated cats then when his son moved out he should have forced his son to take the cat with him.

660 cats at $550 per cat to care for each year and that doesnt include vet bills comes out to $363K.. geezus that is fucking insane to spend that amount on animals!

Edited September 11, 2010 by mesaplayeraz

[NechitaCC]

Sounds more like an episode of Hoarders to me.

[ciz]

Such a fail on this guys part. He builds a government building in his cat village and somehow doesn't name it "Kitty Hall"?!?!?!?

Jeeebus.

[saca]

does this guy not have access to a river?

[heynow21]

So you think there are more stray cats than dogs because people don't abandon dogs? A+ logic.

Cats are worthless animals. theres a reason why you see so many stray cats and not so many stray dogs.

The guy who made this village is quite retarded too

[YULivin4]

He would be proud

[yarbles]

this thread is making me hungry for chinese food

[astaggs]

Any guys wanna JO in the town and then stomp around like we are monsters?? Obv nothing gay though...

[El Guapo]

[MasturNate]

lmao