Marital hiss: Cat rescue raises more than $30K with donation to annoy ex-husband

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A cat rescue in Saskatoon has started a fundraising campaign that involved some post-marital pettiness, but no one thought the $10,000 goal would be raised in less than 72 hours.

Somewhere in Saskatchewan, someone’s ex-husband is probably having a cat-astrophic week.

A cat rescue in Saskatoon has started an unconventional fundraising campaign that involved some post-marital pettiness, but no one thought the $10,000 goal would be raised in less than 72 hours.

Ashlyn Weninger, president of SOS Prairie Rescue, said a supporter reached out to make a sizable donation after coming into some money during a divorce.

The supporter, who has asked to remain anonymous, agreed to match donations up to $10,000, knowing that spending the money would bother her ex-husband.

“She was keen to do some good for the rescue cats while irritating him,” Weninger said in an interview.

And that’s how the “Spite for Strays” campaign turned into the purrfect revenge for the divorcee.

Weninger wrote a cheeky social media post last Thursday night and, by the next morning, the news began to circulate around the world.

Donations not only came in from across Canada and the United States, but also the United Kingdom, Croatia and Sweden.

So far, SOS Prairie Rescue has raised more than $30,000 from the campaign.

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