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Comment by Alice Carli on July 8, 2010 at 2:09pm

Thanks Marian! Hopefully the neutering will cut down on fighting in the future. He's a pretty guy.

Comment by Alice Carli on June 15, 2010 at 4:19pm

Great -- thanks! I'll give them a call. Oh, just to be sure I understand correctly, is this to see if they are willing to help with the cats at 1111 Plymouth?

Comment by Alice Carli on June 15, 2010 at 11:40am

News Flash! Judy Newman just called me back to say that while they're full up for tomorrow, they have worked through their backlog and are now booking regular appointments for July 7th (and on out). They still have (at this moment) 14 openings on July 7th!!

So we can now book with them at 234-2894, for the moment at least, about as fast as we can get traps and money together. (For those not familiar, it's $45/cat for their program; feral cats only, not pets or adoptable cats, and the cats will be returned to whoever brought them). I'll take a lunch break momentarily and get this word out to people's e-mail.

Comment by Alice Carli on June 15, 2010 at 11:00am

Many thanks, Alan! If you can get us contact information for them (or just ask them to contact us), we'd love to have them join our group. They can reach Marian Boutet, who is acting as our member coordinator, at 328-4271 if they don't have computer access.

Comment by Alice Carli on June 15, 2010 at 9:46am

Hi Alan (see original message below, which came by the "send message to group" button),

Unfortunately this problem is all too common, so that it's not one that anyone can swoop in and fix. (That's why we're trying to increase the size of our group!) The short term solution, if she wants them removed asap, is to call Animal Control and work with them, and the cats will (if they can be caught) be euthanized.

The "medium term" solution would be to see if a neighbor on the block would be willing to become a caretaker for the cat colony. Our group would help that person provide the sort of shelter that the cats would find attractive (and leave Gloria's yard); the caretaker would need to commit to feeding the cats, and the group would work to make sure over time that they get trapped and spayed/neutered so that they wouldn't have more kittens. This all will take several months, and Gloria would need to help us find a neighbor willing to be a caretaker.

The "long term" solution we are working toward is to find enough carteakers throughout the neighborhood that we can a) get outside grant funding for a Trap/Neuter/Return and pet spay program, and b) have enough colonies with caretakers that most outdoor cats (whether truly feral or abandoned pets) are spayed/neutered and concentrated with people who want them and care for them, not living in yards of people who don't want them.

Please ask Gloria to get in touch with us directly with her address, phone number and e-mail address, and we will do what we can to help, at least with the "medium term solution". I don't think that anyone in the current group would be willing to catch the cats for her and turn them over to be euthanized; she would need to work with Animal Control herself if she wants to go that route. (Because of the severity of the problem, I for one would not turn away people who would be willing to do this; it's just that most people with enough interest to stick with a group or take on cat trapping jobs are there because they love cats.)

Hi all, A friend of mine Gloria Edmonds has about 4 or 5 Farrel Cats living in her back yard . One Male, Two Females and a half grown Kitten. None of them are fixed from the look of it. Gloria would like them removed. Any suggestions?

Alan Williams

Comment by Alice Carli on June 9, 2010 at 8:19am

Hi Bill,

I've been hearing from a number of others that this Sunday would work, and meanwhile the 20th would not be good for me, so I fear I'm ready miss you at this next meeting -- though we will work with you in the mean time! Saturday afternoons would generally not be so good for me as Sundays. Any others want to chime in on this?

Comment by Bill Nichthauser on June 8, 2010 at 11:03pm

This Sunday afternoon is not good. Only June 20 this month. But other days or evenings of the week might be OK. Saturday afternoons?? We do have a lot to discuss. There's a woman who got in touch with me recently--has nine cats of her own, and just brought a nursing mother along with her 5 kittens into her home. She wants to come to our meetings. She's very familiar with Habitat for Cats. All of her own are spayed/neutered.

Comment by Alice Carli on June 6, 2010 at 8:33pm

When shall we meet next to follow up? If we continue our pattern of meeting on the second Sunday of the month, that would mean this coming Sunday, 2-4 pm. I know that Sundays are not good for everyone -- but that regularity does help in planning. One possibility is that we continue regular 2nd Sunday meetings for planning, making sure that everyone knows about other events, like the Square Fair. What does everyone think?

Comment by Alice Carli on June 6, 2010 at 8:27pm

Hello all,

Well, the Square Fair booth was quite a success! Although we only raised $20 in donations, we met a lot of people who are caring for homeless cats, and have now got contact information for 29 of them, many of them eager to become involved! Tonight Margy is scanning the paper list we took so that we'll have an electronic copy of it. Once I've got either a copy or the original from her I'll add all the e-mail addresses to our current e-mail list and send out a welcome message.

Comment by Alice Carli on June 1, 2010 at 8:32am

Hi Teri,

Yes to the posters and cards, and oops about the tent -- thanks on both!

Alice

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