Cats here, cats there,
Millions and billions and trillions of cats
“We have 500 cats currently. It is costing me $10,000 a month. We get no government money because we don’t kill–if we would kill, we would get support. That’s one thing that I can’t understand. We’re supposed to be a civilized society–and yet we manage to kill millions of God’s creatures, year after year, animals that give us nothing but love and affection. We kill them, and yet we call ourselves the master race of creation. That’s why I’m in this business.”
“The primary and immediate purpose of Fried’s Cat Shelter is, of course, to provide a shrine of love and hope for hundreds of homeless, deserted and suffering felines who have come to us throughout the years and continue to come daily searching for warmth, love, and food.
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“We also want to demonstrate that, apart from the many blessings, our idea of caring for our animals is more feasible in the long run from an economical viewpoint.
At the cost of spaying, neutering, and housing cats and dogs, the country eventually could spare itself the burden of having to kill millions of them every year, Fried argues. Their blood would not be on our hands.
Incoming cats are quarantined for 12 to 14 days, “to make sure they’re OK. Then they go to the vet, are spayed or neutered, get their shots, and then they go with the General Assembly.”
