Quote Originally Posted by cassiesmom
I saw a story on Animal Planet yesterday about a man who had 80 cats in his home. The home looked well tended, at least from the outside.
And there's the rub: at least from the outside. I can only imagine what the inside must have been like. I'm sorry but no one should have 80 cats in their house. I can certainly understand how things can quickly get out of control w/the cat population but when a person sees that the number of cats is quickly growing, s/he needs to ask for help and, if no help is forthcoming, then s/he needs to stop taking in more cats. Unless a person is independently wealthy, there's no way the average person can afford good vet care, let alone food, for such a volume of cats. And one can only imagine the condition of that house. We all know how diligent we must be in cleaning and sanitizing our surroundings every day; it's an endless job. After all, it's a house for humans first and we owe it to ourselves and to our families to have cleanliness as a priority. As I mentioned, I'm not unsympathetic to these people but these are the ones we hear about. How many more are out there that we know nothing about, that is, until the smell becomes unbearable in the neighborhood and when an investigation takes place, then we see the tragedy of sick and/or dead cats and humans living in filthy, unlivable conditions. It's all just such a shame for everyone involved but especially for the cats.