NEW YORK, NY – One man has given his cats a life that any other cat would envy!
If you’re a cat and Craig Grant is your owner, than your pretty much living a sweet life. Grant didn’t always love cats – actually he borderline hated them. Thanks to his son, however, that slowly changed.
When his son moved out of the house, he left his cat Pepper behind. It turns out that Pepper was pregnant and shortly after gave birth to five kittens. Grant was about to give them up for adoption when his son told him that the kittens had to stay with their mom for at least 8 months. “It wasn’t long before the kittens were swinging from my curtains,” he notes on his website.
Well that was the start of a beautiful relationship between Grant and his cats. He developed a fondness for the felines – so much so that he purchased a 30 acre piece of land and built his collection of cats a beautiful “cat village.” In 2003, Grant had 11 cats. That number has gone up a few today – 660 total cats.
The cat habitat – Caboodle Ranch – takes up barely 5 acres of the 30-acre piece of land. The ranch has the seal of approval from the Tallahassee Humane Society and the Tallahassee/Madison County Animal Control.
Each individual cat costs about $550 a year to tend to. All of the costs come out of Grant’s pocket and donations from the public.
The best I can say is visit Caboodle Ranch yourself and see the love Craig gives these cats! I've been there and left cats there and I know firsthand what a great place it is.
He did NOT take those cats in in that condition. His favorite cat, Tommy, has been in his care since birth. Tommy has FIP, which Caboodle Ranch used to excuse his deteriorating health. But what they didn't tell you is that Tommy also contracted FIV, multiple respiratory infections, ringworm, and other ailments while under Craig Grant's negligent care.
New Caboodle Ranch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCE590Bg0pE
Get a life! Did you ever think that maybe Craig took these cats in, in that shape, only to nurse them back to good health? Again, I have been there and I never saw anything like your video depicts. I can't understand why someone would want to destroy this mans good work, why don't you go after something really happening like child abuse, drugs, rape. Heck, if you would spend this much effort on corrupt politicians, you could clean house there! Or are they your friends?
This place is disgusting. Cats are dying and PETA has stepped in. How this poor excuse for a human being has been allowed to carry on this death sentence to animals given to him, is beyond belief. Thank God PETA stepped in and God bless those innocent animals in this devils care.
PETA is disgusting. Someone should be investigating the evidence collectors. In this case a person ready to be charged with embezzlement herself, was the whistleblower . She was suppose to be cleaning the sick room and helping the poor animals,.Instead she filmed filth, she created. So how is that evidence ???? She is the one who should be arrested.
Why are the police charging in and put a gun to this man's head??? ASPCA siding with PETA . They are the MAFIA of non profit. They need to get all the facts from a better source. ASPCA I'm taking a different view of. No more checks from me.
Has anyone ever considered that cats that are dumped in these places a lot of times are already in bad shape when they arrive??? The ASPCA should know that first hand. It happens everywhere. A lot of these places don't want to mess with the time and expense. They put the animal down not giving them a far chance and time to improve after all the stress and trauma they have endured before they got to the shelter.
There are 2 sides to every story. PETA is never wrong. Yeah, believe that lie too.
Why did it take so long for them to do anything. Who really is the guilty party here???? What about the State laws and county ordinances?? Did they have non??? If all this was happening in a town of 350 people???? I'm sure the whole town would have known.
What about the local SPCA and Animal Control are they not guilty of letting it go so far too????? Whole thing sounds fishy to me. He must not have been a "brown noser" to someone, he didn't seem the type..
The state want to pass more laws?? For what??? They must have never enforced the ones they had. If it was that bad!!! Sort of letting the cat out of the bag after the fact, are they not????
Targeting Shelters because the MAFIA says to??? What is that going to accomplish??? Massive killing of cats?? So what are they really going to gain???
If PETA want to do something ,why don't they hire the right people to help educate these good heart ed people instead of destroying their property and well meaning humans lives.
This poor man is already guilty according to them. What ever happened to Innocent until proven guilty????
omg open your eyes!! we all saw the photos and videos! thanks to peta! 700 dying suffering cats, did you miss that part? the worse hell hole of pain for cats. i hope he never has another cat.
Yes we saw the photos! But I have been to Caboodle Ranch and that was NOT Caboodle Ranch! Anyone can make up a video, ever wonder why it took over 5 months to make a 5 minute video? This PETA person was supposed to be giving medicine and cleaning up the place but instead, she withheld medicine and did not clean up just so she could make up the "evidence". You should "open your eyes" if you believe everything you see on video then I feel sorry for you! Yes there were a few sick cats and that is to be expected, but most of the cats were happy and well and running around having fun, remember, I was there on several occasions. I saw the cat with the eye problem, Craig had just got it back from the vets after he received it in that condition, the PETA person was supposed to be giving it it's medicine but apparantly she thought it would be better news to NOT give it it's medicine and clean it so it would look like, and be, in worse shape.
PETA's "proof" was way mis leading as she brought it own her self to create it, I have been there! I was never told where or where not I could go! We walked all over the ranch and believe me, it is nothing like what the video tries to make it. The sad part about this whole mess is the people who jump on the PETA video bandwagon and abuse,criticize and accuse Craig and Caboodle Ranch on just a short video and totally ignore the plan facts from people who have been there and all the other pictures of all the cats there having a blast and living it up there! If it was anything even remotely close to the video then all the other pictures could not have happened? People who live in glass houses should not throw stones! Look at ALL the evidence, not just a doctored up 5 minute video!
im shocked that ppl are defending this person. we all saw the photos and videos of the 700 cats that were suffering sick and dying.! what i saw was the worse hell imaginable for those poor cats, he and all involved should be arrested. thank god that peta exposed this pit of pain. how can you hate peta when they proved their case with VIDEOS AND PHOTOS!! thats proof.
Let's cut the crap! Anyone that's spent any real time looking in to this case will have found the photo evidence of the kind of condition many of the cats in Greg’s care where suffering in. If Greg had been doing half as good a job as some of you people here would like us to believe, none of those cats would have been passed the point of treatment and been put to sleep, but the sad fact was plenty were euthanized because there was nothing else that could be done for them. If you want to leave your beloved cat in the care of this moron, crack on, but I love my pets far too much to leave them in the ‘care’ of someone like this.
This case has been heard in court and Judge Greg Parker of Florida's Third Judicial Circuit, ruled that the evidence indicated "clearly and convincingly" that the animals were not receiving proper care and concluded that Caboodle "is not able and fit to have custody of the animals." Case closed
See what reallys happens there…Peta undercover investigation
https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display…
Too bad Weekly World News didn’t do their fact-finding before publishing this article. This man’s “Ranch” has just been raided by ASPCA and local authorities for hoarding 700 cats.
29 cats were found dead and decomposing on the property.
Over 100 shallow grave sites were found.
Most of the cats had upper respiratory infections, mucus dripping from their noses, blind, had infected injuries, or malnutritioned, with no food or water found anywhere. None of the cats had ever received dental care. More than half the cats had diarrhea and or your infections. Craig Grant was just arrested on multiple counts of animal cruelty animal, neglect, attempted fraud etc
"Where cats aren't treated like animals" What a crock. http://caboodleranch.net/