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The video above is of my girlfriend raising money for cats! Yes, cats need all the help they can get both wild (in conservation and protection) and domestic (in rescue) and this website earns money for both. As mentioned on the Home Page this site has been built to make money for the welfare of cats. All the money from this website will be given to charity except for charges and expenses in respect of running the site (update: I do now hold a some back for a possible major website rebuild in the long term etc.). I am not paying myself a wage of any sort. If I did there would be no money to give away  .
This is not because I am expensive, quite the contrary. It is because
of the amount of work that it takes to build a website that works.I am particularly tender to cats in the poorer countries and the smaller charities. I favor smaller charities as I feel that more control can be excercised over the use of the money donated.
However, I will give to any charity that makes the lives of cats better. All of the charities listed have websites. If you run a charity and would like to be considered please contact me. Update: Picture-of-cats org made $444 in AdSense revenue in August 2008. This was paid out in September and October (it was a mistake to pay it in Sept as Google pays one month in arrears). $637 was made in September 2008. This has been paid out and in October the website made $735.16 in Adsense revenue (see below).  Here is a table of Pictures of cats org donations so far. This is only the beginning. The table will be upated and added to as the months go by. Pictures of cats org donations - Update 11-9-08 13:45: telephoned Inland Revenue and despite my protestations the person said that I do not need to declare the income from this website under these circumstances (i.e. no profit as giving all the money away and therefore no personal benefit). Pictures of cats org donations - Update 1-2-09: I have not made a donation for 2 months for a number of reasons. First to cover expenses for 18 months of website building. Expenses mean just that. It does not cover hours worked. Expenses are: cost of web hosting, books and ancillary costs (est: $1000). This does not include the cost of flying to Texas to meet with the Flicks. I intend to retart donations this month; please watch this space. I am looking at alternative methods. One factor is the exchange rates. This encourages me to donate in the UK. Monies earned during Nov., Dec 2008 = about $1300. Jan 2009 earnings = $700. Pictures of cats org donations - Update - 8-2-09: Restarted to support cat rescue, see below. 
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The Wild Cats need help too - lots more to come here from Pictures of Cats org donations:
 When Pictures of Cats org donations started donating, three very different charites were chosen. Here is a bit about each and why I am giving to them. Update 3-8-08: I am now giving on to Celia Hammond Animal Trust (CHAT) and other charities  Stray Cat Japan photograph © MAR  Soi Dog certificate - see below: Pictures
of
cats
org donations is sponsoring a temple.
"Thank you so much for starting the subscription to sponsor all the cats at a temple every month, Your temple is Wat Kuku Prompang or Kuku 2 as we call it. I have attached your sponsorship certificate in recognition of this." This charity as the name implies tends to the welfare of dogs. But they also look after cats. So all you cat lovers don't worry. Mind you if you like cats you would normally like all animals. They are located in Phuket, Thailand. They sterilize Phuket's dogs and cats. They also treat dogs and cats that are suffering and they feed those that are hungry. You couldn't do more. They are just moving to a different premises, which I believe has been forced on them. This is expensive so they are in particular need of funding at present (April 2008). They have sterilized almost 18,000 dogs and cats since Oct. 2003. I have an image link to their website on the home page. They clearly justify Pictures of cats org donations.  Stray
cat in
Morocco photo © kastakephoto
Pictures
of cats org donations includes this charity as it is a charity chosen
by Helmi Flick,
probably the best cat photographer in the world and a generous
contributor to this website. I want to give something back to Helmi. So
giving to a cat rescue center chosen by her is one of the best ways.
Also I love Maine Coon cats. They are justly one of the most popular
cat breeds. This rescue center more than justifies Pictures of cats org
donations.Texas Maine Coon Rescue is located in Joshua, TX 76058 about 20 miles South West of Dallas. One of the two people who run Texas Maine Coon Rescue is Christie Montgomery. I was pleased to meet her at Ken and Helmi's home on November 2008 during thanksgiving and had the pleasure of presenting a cheque to the center for $392. I am happy to say that this, plus the monthly standing order of $20, went towards a vets bill for one of the rescue cats. Here's a picture of me and Christie:  Michael
handing check to
Christie
You
can read more on this
here: Donations
to Texas Maine Coon Rescue.
 Picture sent to me by Christie Rescued Kittens This charity is located in Malta a country I lived in for 2 years when I was a lot younger. They are concerned with the welfare of the countless stray cats of Malta. They provide all the usual needs of stray cats, food, neutering, spaying and medical treatment. The aim is to also keep the feral cat population under control. This is a pressing need in many countries throughout the world and as we caused the problem we have an obligation to fix it. This charity is run by Martha Kane. The list of charities will change. Some may be added and some deleted, I don't know. Please return to find out. Updated June 2009: I have not donated much to this charity and in fact stopped because communications broke down, regrettably. I would hope to restart as Martha does great work. Update Sept 30 2009: We are in communication and a donation was made today by Paypal (see above). This a fine charity working in London, where I live. It was founded by Celia Hammond a famous model in her younger days at the time of Twiggy. Adsense is paid from the USA. When the pound is weak I favor making payments to UK charities generally as this is a more efficient use of the revenue generated. Here is their website: Celia Hammond Animal Trust. Forfurasfelinas: Giane is a very well known and talented Flickr photographer and cat rescuer living in Brazil. I have used her photographs under a creative commons license extensively and she deserves a donation and more. Hence these donations. Giane has also agreed to let me use her photos in a Cafe Press shop (at 15-3-09). This is yet to be started but it is scheduled (as at 17-3-09). Update: the shop is now open, please visit it! 1 Animal Welfare Grants This link takes you to a list of foundations and trusts that provide grants to organizations and, in one case, individuals who are involved in animal welfare.  Pictures of Cats org Donations to Home Page
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