35 AITA Posts That Are Funny Because They Are Written From A Cat’s Perspective, Shared In This Twitter Thread

Elle Em, also known as Elle Maruska, was born and raised in New Jersey. They are an American currently living in southwestern Spain with their husband and soon 13-year-old daughter. They have a degree in MA in World History "which is obviously very useful for running a cat sanctuary" as Elle says in her introduction to Bored Panda.

Apparently, there are a lot of stray cats in the city, so the shelters are always overwhelmed and there are more cats in the streets than people willing to help them, so Elle accidentally turned their house into an unofficial cat rescue/sanctuary. 

Elle describes how their family came into that situation on their Patreon: “When my family and I moved to Spain, we thought it would be fun to foster a litter of kittens. Which then became another litter. And another. And some adults. And more kittens. And more adults.”

Elle tells us more of the history of turning their house into a cat sanctuary. Turns out, their family moved to Spain in 2018 and because they didn't know anyone there, they started "perusing local facebook groups and noticed there was a real need for people willing to foster unwanted cats."

Elle reached out to a few people and offered help, but the "litter of four bottle babies ended up much, much bigger." The word spread about Elle taking care of cats so they even found kittens left on their home doorstep. They really got involved and actively started searching for abandoned cats and helped to control the feral colonies.

Over time, the family got more serious about this matter, "In 2020 we moved into our current home and my husband and I started working on an actual physical sanctuary for our cats. We built a large Cat Area attached to the back of our house and we’ve been improving it ever since. Our most recent project is a smaller, heated area for quarantine purposes, so that we could continue safely helping sick cats."

The family doesn’t keep the cats forever and tries to find them a new home. Elle told us, "My family and I try very hard to find forever homes for the cats in my care and I am so happy whenever I can bring a cat and a family together." They try to find loving families through friends and then their friends, so some of the cats Elle took in currently live not only in Spain, but also Germany and the US.

On their Patreon Elle says that They also try to control the growing cat population in the streets by neutering them, but it is hard as the only help they get is financial and moral support on the internet.

It sometimes gets frustrating, but Elle says that their family keeps going: “helping cats is the little bit of good we can do to make our small piece of the world better.”