Slug & Lede

I thought that Pawel Dwulit’s video about the 80 cats being given away for adoption by a a man named Frank Currell in Scarboro was interesting, to say the least. I was a little shocked at first by the mere idea that an owner could own that many animals in one place, and was even more surprised to see through the video that the animals and home seemed to be in very good shape.

We’ve all read and seen videos and news stories about the horrors of homes with 100 dogs or 50 cats, and in a way, I suppose this video was able to give a face to the names of all the people we read about that hoard animals.

Though I thought that the story within itself was interesting, I was quite disappointed by the lack of context provided to the viewer during the progression of the piece. Why did Currell and his wife have so many cats? How did they manage to take care of them all? Do the pets have names? Have they ever faced ridicule or problems for having so many pets? I just felt that there were far too many unanswered questions left for the viewer to speculate answers for. 

I thought that the dialogue given by Currell was very good, I just think that Pawel Dwulit should have expanded upon the story of the man and his wife to clarify what happened to her, and how his having cancer has affected the lives of the animals.