Until right before the SPCA's first raid on Penny March in 2003, they were bringing her sick cats to care for. So at that time, the SPCA must have thought that the conditions at Forgotten Felines were at the very least, adequate.

People such as Barbara Yaffe volunteered at Forgotten Felines, and wrote of the place with affection. So what went wrong, and when? I don't believe we will ever know for sure.

But I surmise that Forgotten Feline's donations went down when people heard about the SPCA's raids on her premises. That, of course, would make it even harder for Penny to afford quality care for her cats.

The SPCA says it tried for many years to work with Forgotten Felines. What does that mean? Did they ever offer practical help, like money, food, litter, or pay any of FF's medical bills?

Or was their "help" merely to repeatedly "inspect" her and give her orders over and over, and criticism, and bad p.r. that affected her donation base?