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Message 1215113 - Posted: 7 Apr 2012, 14:17:42 UTC

Like.........
Voting in Chicago. You must do it often and early.
The kitties are counting on you.

Adopt one today.
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Message 1215876 - Posted: 8 Apr 2012, 23:48:59 UTC
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Oh, I just had to visit the kitty circus once again....
Moscow Cat Theatre.
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Message 1215893 - Posted: 9 Apr 2012, 0:17:59 UTC

Best kitten moments?
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Message 1217351 - Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 18:25:52 UTC

Happy Birthday today to my beloved Squirrel.
Special kitty treats for her.

Meow!
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Message 1218829 - Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 19:17:15 UTC
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I'm sorry for anyone who loses a pet. It's a hard thing. We lost two out of our three cats in the last year. :-(



On a lighter note. When I noticed the thread title, this is what came to mind...


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Message 1218844 - Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 20:23:51 UTC - in response to Message 1218829.  

I'm sorry for anyone who loses a pet. It's a hard thing. We lost two out of our three cats in the last year. :-(


Sorry to hear that, Dave.
The only saving grace when one of our beloved has to leave us is that it opens the door for yet another one to join your heart forever.

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Message 1220328 - Posted: 19 Apr 2012, 15:57:08 UTC

Hi all, sorry I haven't visited for so long. Things haven't been going too well down here. If you remember, about a year or so ago my sister and I took a bunch of our cats to Caboodle Ranch, a cat sanctuary here in Florida. About two months ago, PETA got the place raided.

They sent in one of their members to pose as a volunteer and he took videos of the cats in the sick ward and an old trailer that was going to be junked. He also took pics of an old refrigerator that was going to the junk yard with the old trailer and made it seem like they were still being used. The trailer was boarded up and was supposed to be kept locked. They made the video of the sick cats look like it was all the cats up there were in the same shape. One of the cats they videod had lost one of it's hind legs. He was scaring it to make it try to run. I had seen that cat when I was up there. It had been brought to the ranch that way from West Virginia and came up to us right along with the others we met while we were there. It was fine so long as it didn't try to run around.

They took this "evidence" to the county sheriff and a states attorney who then ordered the ranch closed and the cats confiscated. They are being held by ASPCA in a warehouse up in Jacksonville as evidence until after the court decides what to do with them. There are almost 700 cats being held in cages wondering what happened to them. One of the people that worked with the ranch, from home in North Carolina, came down after the raid to do what she could to help out. Craig, the owner, let her stay on the property. A deputy saw her and noticed she had her cats with her. She showed him vet records proving the cats were hers and he told her there would be no problem. A while later he came back with a warrant and seized her cats too. They have not been allowed to see their cats since the raid and are really heart broken over all this. They are fighting it in court and hope to have the kitties home soon.

If anyone would like to give some words of support or help out in any way they have a facebook page... http://www.facebook.com/pages/Caboodle-Ranch-Inc/143028025710287 They have been getting people from all over the world writing in in support of them. As I said, I've been there, I know what PETA is saying is a pack of lies. This place was a godsend for many, many kitties that otherwise would have no home.


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Message 1220360 - Posted: 19 Apr 2012, 17:19:50 UTC - in response to Message 1220328.  
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God bless all those kitties and d**n the PETA idiot a**holes that stuck their nose into an obviously kitty loving haven.

I hope they get things sorted soon and get all those poor cats out of the cages and back to their home.

How PETA and the ASPCA can think they are doing anything beneficial for those cats by closing the place and locking 700 cats up in cages is far beyond me.
If they really thought there were any problems, why didn't the ASPCA WORK with them to keep the kitties where so many obviously had a good life?????

Makes me sick.
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Message 1220372 - Posted: 19 Apr 2012, 17:49:28 UTC - in response to Message 1220360.  

Thanks Mark, that's what everyone that's posted on that site have been saying. It seems like the instigating factor in all this was a bill going through the Florida legislature about animal welfare. It was supposed to mandate any cat caught by animal control and not adoptable or not claimed by their owners be turned over to a sanctuary like Caboodle Ranch. PETA, in their infinite wisdom, opposed this bill and needed something to use as an example to fight the passage of it. They decided to destroy Caboodle Ranch to do it.


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Message 1220373 - Posted: 19 Apr 2012, 17:53:45 UTC - in response to Message 1220372.  
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You obviously would not have taken your kitties there if you thought or saw that anything was amiss.

As an interested party and as one who personally was there and saw things with your own eyes, are you going to send a registered letter to the DA or whoever is in charge of this witchhunt?
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Message 1220376 - Posted: 19 Apr 2012, 18:13:08 UTC

The Caboodle Ranch website has their statement on the matter.
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Message 1220388 - Posted: 19 Apr 2012, 19:35:28 UTC

This might look like an ad but this lady has set up a deal where if you buy Avon products from her they make a donation to Caboodle Ranch...

Theresa Kennedy Its basically a purchase made on avon bath products using a unique code at checkout. The person buying gets a product while you earn money from its purchase. It works all over the nation! My website has more info: http://youravon.com/theresakennedy

The code is 4caboodlecats


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Message 1220389 - Posted: 19 Apr 2012, 19:37:24 UTC - in response to Message 1220373.  
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Mark, I've already sent an email to the Governor. And I've been posting about this in as many places as I can.

Thanks for posting the website Mark. It's been awhile since they've updated. Nanette used to do the website for them from her home in North Carolina but when they took her cats they also took her laptop. :(

As to me sending a letter to the county's Attorney, since it's been over a year since I was there I'm letting those that have been there recently send all those letters in. That way they can see how great it was within just a couple of weeks of the raid. The Sheriff and the the County Council never visited the Ranch even though they were invited to come any time they would have liked to visit. The County Animal Control had inspected the Ranch many times and other than some minor problems gave it a clean bill of health. The owner always worked hard to correct any problems found. He was also working with a local vet to make sure all the animals got the care they needed and they were in the process of getting them all chipped and any needing neutered done when the raid occurred. When they came in with the warrant he was standing outside with a bag of dry food just starting to give them their breakfast.


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Message 1220390 - Posted: 19 Apr 2012, 19:51:52 UTC

Sorry for droning on about this guys but it has really got me upset. My sister and I haven't had a wink of sleep since we first heard about it.


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Message 1220523 - Posted: 20 Apr 2012, 5:55:04 UTC - in response to Message 1220390.  

Sorry for droning on about this guys but it has really got me upset. My sister and I haven't had a wink of sleep since we first heard about it.

No worries....
It's my thread and I am just fit to be tied as well.
I do hope there is SOME justice left in this world, and somehow this can have a happy ending.
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Message 1220528 - Posted: 20 Apr 2012, 6:22:10 UTC

A direct link to the Caboodle Ranch journal.

This is just heart rending stuff if you love kitties.
And care about the man who gave so much to help them.

If anybody has any good ideas about what we can do to help get the media involved or somehow shed some more light on this tragic vendetta against the Caboodle Ranch, speak up.

There is a Paypal donation button at the top left of the main Caboodle Ranch site which I linked to earlier.
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Message 1220639 - Posted: 20 Apr 2012, 15:19:56 UTC - in response to Message 1220528.  

Thanks again Mark. This is a link to the Caboodle Ranch facebook page.. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Caboodle-Ranch-Inc/143028025710287

There are links there for either petitions supporting the ranch or to make donations for lawyer fees and such as well as phone numbers and addresses for the officials involved in this. (County government, Fla.Governor,County Sheriff Ect.) It's also the place where all the supporters are posting their thoughts about all this. The petition of support has over 11,000 signatures already but it can always find room for a few more.


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Message 1220645 - Posted: 20 Apr 2012, 15:26:39 UTC - in response to Message 1220639.  

Thanks again Mark. This is a link to the Caboodle Ranch facebook page.. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Caboodle-Ranch-Inc/143028025710287

There are links there for either petitions supporting the ranch or to make donations for lawyer fees and such as well as phone numbers and addresses for the officials involved in this. (County government, Fla.Governor,County Sheriff Ect.) It's also the place where all the supporters are posting their thoughts about all this. The petition of support has over 11,000 signatures already but it can always find room for a few more.

Here is a link to one such petition...
I have signed it.
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Message 1220648 - Posted: 20 Apr 2012, 15:37:47 UTC
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Caboodle Ranch....The other side of the story.....
Read the comments, some from people who have BEEN there, and volunteered there (to help, not to conspire against them).
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