Yeah- It's Better to Eat

I've been working with cats and ferals for decades now. Public awareness is increasing but these individuals would really benefit from further consideration and compassion, just as we do. This footage is from last year. The calico, Goldie, is still outdoors with a new family that my sister, mother, and I are working to bring in. Of the kittens in the video, I placed the orange and the black- Fireball & his sister, Stealth- with a compassionate neighbour just following Hallowe'en 2015. The grey & white was unfortunately run over and killed. I don't know what became of the others, though the neighbourhood was aware of them and I'm hoping they found homes. The black cat in the video, Sweety Pie, was brought in last fall, but I had to release her since upon examination I found she was nursing at the time. I managed to get her in again last week- this time, in time- she gave birth to four black kittens July 24. She and the little ones are safe and sound, now.

The commentary in the film was unscripted. My sister was quite ill at this time last year and we hear her discussing a stomach ache (missed appendicitis at the hospital, which, very thankfully she's recovered from) and "trading one thing for another", along with whether it's better to eat or not. I chimed in, in keeping, I think with Sweety Pie's view, that "Yeah- it's better to eat." It was an interesting overlap, I think, and a microcosmic illustration of frame of reference.

Poverty, originating in human domination structures and spirit, extends oppression.

Update: we got Goldie in, along with 2 of her kittens from her Spring litter. She gave birth to a new litter of 4 females, including a calico :) one week after she came inside. All are safe and sound and will be warm for the winter, and ever after.