Summit to Aid in CBC Cat Documentary

"Kitty Gone Viral" will air on Doc Zone in Fall/Winter 2010

We are pleased to announce that a collaborative working agreement has been signed with the Summit for Urban Animal Strategies and Vancouver-based Bountiful Films. The documentary production company is working on an in-depth feature about the problem of cat overpopulation.

"We made the decision to work collaboratively with film producer, Maureen Palmer, after an extensive review of her synopsis," explains Summit Chair, Larry Evans. "We felt that assisting Palmer with research, community resources and content for her project was in the best interests of Summit delegates, considering that this film will address the same issues that we struggle with on a daily basis."

"We want [to attend the Summit] to build some important relationships," explains Palmer. "We want to listen, and make sure we have a firm grasp of all the issues and positions, so that the documentary we create is a fair representation of what is really happening at the grassroots level. We want to make sure we are correct statistically and that we do indeed have our finger on the pulse of 'state of the art' research. We need to know the people we have identified as 'key players' are indeed such."

Bountiful's most recent film, How to Divorce and Not Wreck the Kids had its genesis at a family lawyers conference in Toronto in fall 2007. "We did film sparingly there," said Palmer, "but none of that made it to air. We did however, make priceless contacts and left confident we had a handle on the story... and that is why we want to attend the Summit."Quite often, complicated issues [such as cats overpopulation] get the depth and context they deserve only in documentary," adds Palmer. "The challenges facing those who care about cats are nuanced and sensitive. We will present them as such."