For visitors who haven’t bumped into the Julianne Westberry saga: she is a cat rescue woman who ended up being a cat hoarder leading to the deaths, through neglect and other reasons, of countless cats. Her story on PoC.
These are some selected quotes and saying from Julianne Westberry’s Facebook page. Why am I publishing them here? To try and get an insight into the way she thinks. There is a bit of God fearing stuff on her FB page together with “self-help sayings”. She is religious and believes in God Almighty. Surprise you?
Westberry presents and entirely normal face to the world on FB. It is all lovey-dovey, I am good, doing good work and being admired by her band of followers. There is a blandness about it all. Nothing to give a hint at what was happening behind closed doors.
The last Facebook post by Julianne Westberry (at the time of writing this) is June 18th 2014. Up until then she posted more than once daily on FB.
Except for two supporters, no one has made a comments since June 18th. It seems the June 18th post refers to her exposure as a cruel cat hoarder. This wasn’t cat rescue. It was cat cruelty with a bit of rescue thrown in.
June 18th:
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”
Martha Gomez: We are pulling for girl !!
Gini Agnew: Keep that thought girl….we love you and want you back…big hugs and lots of loving thoughts!
Also posted 18th June:
17th June
“Love All, Serve All”
As a believer in Jesus Christ, you are His child. You may not always act the way He wants you to, but you never stop being His child. God will never give up on us!
June 16th
“It was my mother who taught me the love of God.” “I know it isn’t politically correct to talk about God these days, but …oh well, they gave me a microphone.” ~Tyler Perry
April 12th
Jer. 29:11 – For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
March 30th via Amazon:
Food is needed most, and cleaning supplies of course, and this time of year Anything for nursing moms and babies.
March 27th:
My conclusion? I hate to say it but I believe her belief is God and Christianity supported her callous behavior towards cats. She did not have a sensitivity towards them. That lack of sensitivity appears to be due to a belief that they are “only cats” – lesser creatures as promoted by the Bible. Westberry lives in the US bible belt. Wrong? Now you can criticise me if you wish.
You could be right. For me it is more a deluded person believing she is Christian and god fearing in her behavior is in fact the opposite almost. Or it is a deliberate and cynical smoke screen.
In hindsight,the quotes,to me,are a cry for help from a very disturbed person.In some twisted way it almost seems she was asking to be forgiven for the cruelty she had committed. Just a thought. I’m not excusing the horror and senseless death.Heartbreaking,just heartbreaking. May all these feline souls be at peace.
Agreed. You have refined my thought substantially. I do feel though that Christianity does both, namely what you say and it also underpins (for some people) an attitude which is a breeding ground for abuse of animals.
The story almost reflects all that is wrong with our relationship with animals and our desperate need to be liked at all costs – to be an insider, to be part of the group. That helps with survival. People overlook bad behavior in order to remain an insider.
The truth is humans have a terrible relationship with animals in general – look at the cruelty and mass gradual extinctions of wild species and exploitations (African elephant ivory) – and we are barely able to survive. We struggle at every level. So taking the high moral road is beyond many people. It is too demanding. We live in the primeval soup 😉 I have been a bit negative. This story makes me negative about humankind.