The Project is in Progress
The Homeless CatsInfo
The
ancient Egyptians held cats in the highest esteem, the penalties for injuring
or killing a cat were severe. They worshiped a Cat Goddess, often represented
as half feline, half woman, whom they called Bastet. The main center for the
worship of Bastet was in northern Egypt at the city of Bubastis.
Are people heartless or just plain stupid?
We are on top of the food chain because of our intelligence; many people think
that we are invincible and that other living creatures’ lives don’t matter.
Jersey City is populated with cats, they are either abandoned, lost, ran away
or populating within themselves. In my household, we happen to be animal
lovers. We care so much about animals, we adopted a friendly cat who use to
live in the streets and we created a feeding station in our backyard.
It’s amazing how smart these cats are,
majority of them live in an abandoned shed in my neighborhood. They are
usually lined up at a certain time for breakfast and lunch. We usually try to
avoid giving them dinner because of the raccoons, they also happen to live in
the abandoned shed but haven’t given us any issues. My little sister has gotten
so attached to these cats, she decided to name each one of them. Each of their story is unique.
Each of these cats have a unique
personality and amazes me. This project will be based on this small group of
cats of my neighborhood. I am going to create a website and share each individuals cats’ stories with a
picture of each one of them. I
would also like the word to spread around the neighborhood and post a URL
around so it could capture more followers.
When animal control get a hold of a cat –
they go through a procedure and test – they are neutered and vaccinated – then their
behavior is closely watched - only friendly cats get a second opportunity to
find a home, cats who are savage get their ear cut and let back in the city to
be on their own. They are homeless and afraid. It is hard to trust people. It’s
also hard to find food and shelter especially in those cold winter nights,
there are times that cats are frozen to death.
In the posts, I will not only be sharing
about the homeless cats that like to hangout in my backyard but I would like to
give friendly suggestions such as how to make your own feeding station. Also,
homeless cats like to mark their territory, there are ways to keep that from
happening, all of these suggestions will be posted in my soon to be made Wix
for Jersey City Cats.
We want to have a large audience. Our
target will not be only animal lovers. I want to give suggestions on how to
help and care homeless animals for people who would like to help. Cats are very
intelligent creatures, they need to be given a chance of life. Living in the
city is not easy for us, imagine them, it’s a hundred times harder for
them. This isn't only a mans world - there are other living creatures out there.
The Homeless Cat's Stories
Presentation
I like this idea very much, maybe you can even include how to join the community of "cat activism" by showing ways people have protested against the process the abandoned cats go through and your own form of protest.
ReplyDeleteI love this a lot and I'm a huge cat lover. It reminds me of an account I have seen on Instagram where it is a full Cat Cafe and they post pictures and profiles of cats who but they would highlight personalities of each cat. Maybe you could also record videos of the cats hanging out.
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