The spirit of generosity...

We are happy to report the spirit of generosity is alive and well in our community. PCFI is encouraged by the generous outpouring of support that we continue to see. It comes in so many shapes and sizes. The person that pledges a substantial cash donation because she wants to see less homeless cats roaming the streets. The grade 11 student who bakes delicious goodies to raise money for a fundraising event. The volunteers who donate their precious time responding to the many phone calls we receive, posting flyers throughout town, trapping cats and transporting them to the vet clinic, feeding and sheltering colonies, fostering and socializing kittens. The list goes on and on. The phrase 'it takes a village' comes to mind. The issue of unowned, free-roaming cats is a community problem and it is going to take concerted effort on the part of all the stakeholders within a community to begin to resolve it. PCFI has taken the first few steps - won't you join us?

Litter, litters everywhere

As I was driving home yesterday enjoying the natural beauty of the rural road I was suddenly struck by a stretch where the grass had just been cut. It was now visibly strewn with litter that people had obviously tossed from their vehicles, seemingly without giving it a second thought. It made a lightening bolt impression on me: litter covering the shoulders of the road and litters of unowned, unwanted kittens - all as a direct result of communities and their shelters not having the proper programs in place. It's hardly an original thought, I know. But for some reason the parallel really hit home with me, seeing the mess left behind by people - both on the sides of the road and in cities, towns and countryside where kittens are born to live a life on the streets, in many cases succumbing to illness, predators or ultimately being destroyed at a shelter because there just isn't enough room for any more. Each situation is a 'people problem'; each situation so easily rectified if everyone would just take responsibility for their own actions. I know many will say I'm oversimplifying the problem but if you take a long, hard look at it, isn't it really just as simple as people being accountable?