Eddie Lama is a construction entr epr eneur from Brooklyn with an inbor n dislike for animals.One day a woman asks him to take care of her cat, and Eddie reluctantly accepts. Here his transf ormation begins: he starts bringing abandoned cats found at construction sites back to his office; he becomes a vegetarian. Miraculously, he even goes on to become a committed animal rights activist, heading an educational organization (Fauna Vision) as well as a shelter for abandoned pets (Oasis). The Los Angeles Times called this "…perhaps the most important and persuasive animal film ever made ."