Man transforms his home into sanctuary for 300 abandoned cats
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Arsenault spends his days refilling water bowls, mucking out litter trays and caring for the animals SWNS The Happy Cat sanctuary, founded in 2006, is funded out of Chris' pocket as well as donations from the public. Chris, who gets up at 7am each day to care for the cats, decided to open the sanctuary's doors after he found “a colony” of sick kittens on the side of a railway track. “After my son died, those cats gave me something to do.” open image in gallery After the passing of his son Eric the animals kept him occupied SWNS In the years that followed, he contacted local animal charities and shelters and began adopting more and more cats, until the population had swelled to 300. The sanctuary has a policy to spay and neuter all cats who enter it and Chris seeks veterinary care when he can’t treat ailing animals himself.
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