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Scottish author Stuart McMillan sums up the cat in one simple thought: “A meow massages the heart.”
There is no better place to get that feeling than Fat Kitty City. Seeing the happy and well-cared-for cats living their lives to the fullest is heartwarming. The 70 or so felines housed within the fenced and secured acre of the compound are now safe. However, their lives did not start that way; the majority of the cats now living “the good life” were tortured, abused or simply thrown away.
In 2007, Cindy and Ed Minghelli founded Fat Kitty City – a sanctuary in El Dorado Hills for neglected, damaged and abandoned cats – with a mission to end the needless suffering of all animals using various means, including: spaying, neutering, socializing and adopting out cats. If a cat is not healthy enough or able to live in a home, Fat Kitty City provides lifetime care. “We are the best-kept secret in El Dorado County,” Ed explains. “We need to change that.” As a nonprofit with no federal and state funding, they rely on the generosity of their patrons for much-needed donations.
They were successful in rescuing 73 feral cats that were going to be crushed when bulldozers razed the shuttered Pollardville Chicken Kitchen near Stockton. After rehabilitation at Fat Kitty City, 60 of the original 73 were adopted by loving families – the rest live safely on sanctuary grounds.
Reader Comments:
Great article !! Fat Kitty City really came through for me when someone started poisoning a semi-feral cat that was living close to my work. I was desperate to find this cat a safe place to go. Most Rescues only take tame adoptable cats, Fat Kitty City agreed to take him and allow him to live his life as a King Cat in their sanctuary. I cannot thank them enough. They help so many cats and give so much support to others trying to help cats. They have a very hard job, yet they are fantastic at it.
Thank you for your article on Fat Kitty City. I met Cindy & Ed a couple years ago. I was desparate to find a rescue to take a cat that was left behind when the owners house was forclosed on. He was a beautiful cat but was FIV positive. The vets and other rescues were telling me to "put him to sleep". When I contacted Cindy she said they would take him. He soon found a loving forever home. They've continued to help me place cats I find in need. Without the hard work of Cindy & Ed, there certainly would be many more animals suffering. They are dedicated & their sanctuary is a work of love. I hope you continue to bring what they do to the publics eye. HOpefully they will get the donations they need to expand.
Thank you....
I have been to Fat Kitty City many times. It is so wonderful to visit and sit down inside the sanctruary, soon cats are coming from all over to get love and to give love. I have brought many baby kitties to Cindy and they all have found their Forever Homes. I also have rescued several grown cats, Cindy found all the cats homes.
Cindy and Ed are amazing people who are very serious about saving as many cats as possible. Even a dog or two may find themselves rescued.
Money is needed to expand the sanctruary so more cats can be saved. No amount is too small, you can go to their web site and see the different ways to donate. While you are there take a tour around the City and meet some of the cats who live there. All the kitties are waiting for their Forever Homes, while they wait, these lucky cats get to live in heaven on earth. All these cat deserve the best care they can get, and at the City that's what they get.
The most amazing thing, cats and kittens who have been treated horribly, and injured, when you comfort them they purr. You would think fear of humans after their abuse would stop the purr, but it doesn't. Amazing!
Love Fat Kitty City and so do the cats! As a volunteer I see how happy the kitties are. Great place for them to live. Wish the article stressed our need for more volunteers to help with every day tasks and special projects.
It is a wonderful place to volunteer. Pass the word to cat lovers to come and help. We are definitely flexible about schedules so no stressing of your volunteer schedule.
Thank you Cindy and Ed for providing safe homes to the feline community.