800 cats?

In May of this year I started volunteering at the cat sanctuary run by the Richmond Animal Protection Society.

By way of introduction to the place, may I only say: 800+ cats.
The number is astounding, both logistically and in the sadder sense of making a person wonder how just this one part of Greater Vancouver alone can have so many unwanted cats. The latter is a tough one, and methinks a topic for another day. For now, picture 800 animals with 800 names - yes, they're all given names if they don't already have them - and 800 distinct personalities.

A question that often comes to volunteers, even relative newbies such as myself, is for more information about a cat. What's his name? What's his story? Why is he here? The first two questions can be hard for new volunteers to answer. The last is hard for anyone to answer.

This blog is a project to photograph and record the past, present and potential stories of as many of the cats as care to share.
The inspiration: Barbara Doduk's 24 hour blogathon in support of RAPS (check it out here:).
The goal: to continue in the spirit of the above, taking it beyond the 24 hour mark and out of the realm of reportage into some new, as yet to be defined form. Genre-bending, surreal, or just silly? We'll have to wait and see.