Why Cat Charity?

I've had pets all my life, from Kenzie Mouse and Aaron Mouse to cats and rabbits. (I would learn from my parents that studies have shown that the percentage of corporate leaders who grew up with pets is substantially greater than that of the general population.) By having been entrusted with the responsibility of pets, I was taught accountability at an early age.

I certainly learned that quickly as all the pets had to fed before I could have my breakfast or dinner. Animals come first, eh?

I have 3 rabbits, 8 cats, 1 mouse, and 3 cichlids (fish).

I have been a cat-mom for the local animal shelter, having taken in 4 kittens and learning about having to get up in the night to feed the babies.
It was hard not to get attached, and when it was time to take them back after a month of caring for them...well...I kept one.

Also, there was an experience I had at the shelter. When I brought them back to the shelter, I directed a person looking at cats over to my kittens telling them how wonderful these kittens were. To my surprise, he declined the offer. He then said that he was looking for a mature cat as he knew most people would take a kitten, but not a cat that had been sent to the animal shelter because the owner had to move. He went on to sat that if he didn't take a cat like that, no one would, and the cat would be put down.

I would go to the vet office and see how animal doctors could understand a creature that could not speak.

I discovered that they really can speak, but just not in English. You just had to pay attention to their body movements.

I also learned about the hidden expenses--the costs associated with caring for an animal - so many people have pets and then discover they can't afford them solely from the basic needs of food to the cost of health care.

I want to include on my site a place where people can take their pets if they no longer can care for them.

Furthermore, when I'm older, I plan on adopting old racing greyhounds. Often, when they grow too old to breed or race, they're put down. They need homes.

Later, I was talking with my parents about volunteering and my dad said to me that I could go 4 hours a week after school and after I had volunteered 100 hours, although I had given my time, there was really nothing left of my time, as it had been consumed in the moment.

But, if I took that same 100 hours and created a web site helping pets, my efforts could have a legacy that went far beyond the 100 hours I could spend building the site. There are multiple benefits to building a site:
1) When I am with a pet, typically only one pet benefits at the time. With a website, hundreds of people can be on the site, potentially being motivated to donate their time, or money, for the benefit of animals.
2) The 100 hours I spent will last as long as I keep up the website.

What is hard is having the personal initiative to control my own time and create something from nothing.

Nobody can speak for abandoned or unwanted pets. Somebody has to. I will, because I know that there are people who love pets, and I just want to be able to show them a way that they can help the pets of the world.

So, that is how I came about to wanting to create a cat website.