Quote From: sliderktaI had a grandma who owned 100 cats at any given time in her home. She was a Wiccan and her goddess was Bast, the Egyptian cat goddess. All her cats were treated as human beings because they were seen as the goddess' herself. The animals were fed, watered, and given medical care. Most had come from abusive homes (like her white cat, "Blue Eyes") and others were feral. All of the felines were unusually calm around her, but the animals became wild with anyone my grandma didn't like (like my mom's extended family).
When my family visited for Thanksgiving in 1991, I actually witness her giving the cats a Thanksgiving offering, which was a full sized, cooked turkey. Once the cats were satisfied, we were allowed to eat. Sadly, this disgusted my mom, who had been raised Catholic and later became a Fundementalist Christian. Because of my mom, my family was forced to celebrate Thanksgiving at my Uncle Leo's, where we had tamales instead of turkey.
Anyways, it's not much difference from people in India worshipping the cow.
On another note, it is a fact that some pagans and Wiccans still hide their religion for fear of discrimination, so when I see a situation like this, I can't help but wonder if this person is a neo-pagan or Wiccan.
I don't think the issue here is cats themselves. Almost all of the people commenting are cat lovers. I'm a cat lover myself. The issue is that there are 200 cats.
The lady on this show needs to come back to earth. She says she won't adopt them out, but if the law finally does come down on her and seize her cats, what does she think is going to happen to them? They're going to go to the pound and they will again be at risk of being euthanized. She's not saving them if she's causing herself legal problems in the process; she's putting them at risk. She needs to get this under control and find a workable, legal, way to deal with it that does not cause a public nuisance.
