Trap Man

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good guy

 

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The day Sterling Davis applied for a job at an animal shelter in Georgia, he kissed all the cats. He said he bombed the interview because he was too focused on the felines.

“But they hired me anyway for one big reason,” he said. “They weren’t used to seeing a Black man like me loving cats.”

 

In fact, Davis loves cats so much that he decided to give up his life on the road performing as a rap artist in 2012 to instead change litter boxes at the Atlanta Humane Society. Then in 2017, he gave himself a new nickname — “TrapKing” — and started a company to humanely trap stray cats, get them spayed, neutered and microchipped, and return them to where they came from. He says the name is a play off the term “rap king,” an honorific bestowed on hip-hop’s best lyricists.

“Like most boys in my neighborhood, I grew up hearing that only girls should have cats and guys should have dogs,” he said. “So I knew there was a lot of work to do.”

Davis, 40, now runs his company TrapKing Humane Cat Solutions from his RV, visiting predominately Black neighborhoods throughout the metro Atlanta area to trap feral felines and educate people about the importance of caring for strays.

 

“People used to think I was crazy to be out there doing what I’m doing, and now a lot of them are reaching out with kind words and offers to volunteer,” he said. “It’s a cool thing to see. I want people to love cats as much as I do.”

His fascination with felines started when he was growing up in Detroit. On most days after school, he played with the strays in his neighborhood and was disappointed when his parents wouldn’t allow him to bring the cats inside, he said.

“Everyone thought I should be playing with dogs,” said Davis. “ ‘Sterling, stop bringing those cats around here,’ they’d tell me.’ But I still managed to sneak a few into the basement.”

 

After he graduated from high school, Davis said he served in the Navy for two years then decided to focus on his other passion, rap music.

“I remember singing and dancing as soon as I was able to walk,” he said. “Just like with cats, I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t into it. My dream was to be like Jimi Hendrix or Prince. They had a lot of talent and were both eccentric dudes.”

The rapper turned cat man who is busting stereotypes with his love for felines - The Washington Post

 

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28 minutes ago, TikTOK said:

Cats are smarter than dogs 

as a fifty plus year dog owner and a bout thirty having cats, I can confirm this in most cases.  Although I had one good old lab chow mix who was probably smarter than me.