How this rapper quit his music career to start a cat rescue

[demmiblue]

Atlanta resident Sterling Davis was on a break from a rap tour when he applied for a job at the county shelter scooping kitty litter. He just wanted to stay busy and make a little money. Plus, he’s always loved animals, like his cat at the time, Rick James.

“I did horrible in the interview because they had cats in the room and I was playing with all the cats, kissing all the cats,” he told TODAY.

Even though he didn’t really answer any of the questions because he was distracted by the friendly felines, he got the job because, as the person who hired him said, “We’re not seeing people like you with cats.”

Davis, 40, started helping shelter employees with trap-neuter-return cases. The team would trap community cats (formerly called “feral”), bring them to the shelter to be vaccinated and spayed or neutered, and then return them to their outdoor realm.

While Davis learned about TNR, he came to another realization.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/how-rapper-quit-his-music-career-start-cat-rescue-n1248990

I remember posting this video a couple of years ago:

[Blue Owl]

1. K&R

Love it!!!

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. This is inspiring

Thanks for posting

[Karadeniz]

3. Soul over brain...I love this guy! Thanks!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

4. He is an angel in human form.

[3catwoman3]

5. What a good guy!

to him!

And I like the term community cats. 🐈‍⬛ 🐈 🐱

[Raine]

6. Just WONDERFUL ... I LOVE this guy!!! ♥️ nt

[Laffy Kat]

7. Awwww. Now I love this guy.

[Meowmee]

8. Wonderful 😻

[japple]

9. This man is a hero of mine and a large number of my friends in cat rescue

in Georgia. He has done remarkable work with TNR in ATL GA

[TygrBright]

10. ::bangs head gently on desk:: Oh, my... thank you, sir.

"animal rescue is a white thing"... made me cry.

Racism just fucks up everything for everybody.

And until we start PAYING ATTENTION (damn, I was NOT paying attention in this particular context... lucky me, another thing my whiteness lets me be oblivious to...) this stuff is going to keep dividing us when it could be bringing us together.

Like Mr. Davis is.

Thank you.

For the moggies, and for this iggerent old white broad.

diffidently,
Bright

[bucolic_frolic]

11. There are a few retirement homes for cats, and advice on starting one

http://www.thesunshinehome.com/about.html

https://www.lincolnshiretrustforcats.co.uk/retirement.html

http://messybeast.com/cat-shelter.htm

I looked into this. I have a great location, but no cat experience, so I'm sort of leaving it as an idea for serendipity.

Lots of hurdles to qualifying as a non-profit. Strict compliance.

[JudyM]

15. So interesting!

Have you considered volunteering at a local shelter to get the kitty experience you want?
Or at an animal hospital... I did that in high school.

[bucolic_frolic]

16. It's a good suggestion, but I doubt I'd go that far

Shelters are far away for me, and most of them have other animals as well. The cat I almost bought was from a cat shelter, but it was a tightly held operation. I now realize it was going through the non-profit process, which is always an ongoing thing. But I do volunteer with a local hospice.

[JudyM]

17. Ooh, hospice is wonderful. Big-hearted work.

Saw that first-hand.

[Yeehah]

12. Blessings upon all animal lovers working at shelters and rescues

We are all fellow creatures on the same journey.

[niyad]

13. Damn, it is so dusty in here! What an inspiring story. What an amazing, loving person!

[crickets]

14. What an amazing guy!

His story just makes me so happy. Thanks so much for sharing this.