Andrew Bloomfield
Auteur de Learning Practical Tibetan
A propos de l'auteur
Andrew Bloomfield is a writer living in Southern California.
Œuvres de Andrew Bloomfield
How to Practice Vedic Astrology: A Beginner's Guide to Casting Your Horoscope and Predicting Your Future (2003) 12 exemplaires
Call of the Cats 2 exemplaires
Tibetan Phrasebook Tapes 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 20th Century
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Études
- University of Arizona
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Membres
- 152
- Popularité
- #137,198
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 8
In Call of the Cats Bloomfield comes across as something of a lost soul. He’s trying to find himself, truth, a mission, love. He lives in Nepal for 2 years, picking up the culture, and learns how to prioritize what is important and what’s not, how to manage with very little, respect for all life, and more.
Back in the US, he has lots of good ideas but no true passion. He reconnects with a former friend and her sister, moving into and sharing their rental. Tries to sell screen plays and stories in Hollywood unsuccessfully and falls back on former jobs.
He discovers that the rental’s backyard is a little oasis of the country filled with racoons and coyotes attacking groups of feral cats and their kittens. Hearing screams of pain and seeing mauled cat bodies, he and the sisters decide to try to help the cats. Andrew sits out in the yard at night to witness what goes on. He gets to know the sights, sounds, behaviors, personalities of all the animals. How the cats try to protect their litters which mostly doesn’t work too well.
Slowly he develops a relationship with these feral cats by feeding them and helping protect them from predators. He realizes its not enough and fortunately finds a vet who will treat the cats at a discount. Later he learns about organizations promoting the Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR) policy. He and the sisters use creative strategies to trap mostly the female cats, get them spayed so they don’t birth more litters, and then return them to the backyard. They shelter some of the kittens in their apartment. And in time the feral cat population does go down.
Panic sets in when Andrew and the sisters are asked to re-locate by the rental’s owner. They opt for a short-term location because it’s good for some of the indoor cats. But for those still living in the backyard they ask a few caring neighbors to watch over them.
Glad I read this; its smart, engaging, and helps readers understand the lives of feral cats and the people that help them.… (plus d'informations)