Sunday, June 04, 2006

 

Cats aren't cheap


I spent the first half of today with a colleague doing a car boot sale in aid of Keighley Cat Care. If you live outside the UK, a car boot sale is something similar to a garage sale, except that you take all your stuff packed in your car boot (i.e. trunk) or van to a central point joining lots of other people. Everybody puts their stuff for sale out on the ground, or takes along folding tables to make a little stall. The sales are widely advertised so lots of people come, so you get more customers than you would at a sale in your own garage.
Keighley Cat Care is a tiny charity - there are only six of us! But last year (2005) our expenses for food and vet bills were over £27,300 (GBP)! (That is over US$51,350). Of this, more than £21,000 (over US$40,000) went on vet bills alone! Currently (June 4th, 2006) we have 29 cats in our care, waiting for their special home.

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