188 posts tagged Feral cats

Boo is a beautiful, sleek-coated male. As a tiny kitten, he was the most inquisitive of all the babies. Though he was one of the first to be trapped and sent to the vet, he didn't run away after being released. He'd jump on the traps and try his best to get back inside to get food when we tried to catch the remaining more timid cats.

These 4 little kittens (I think there are 4 of them) are still being protected by Poppy, the little feral Mom, but I got a couple of good photos for you. I can only see 3 kittens but I’m pretty sure that there are 4 of them. Day 4 Day 5 Purrs, Frankie Yawn…Kira out. P.S.

Molly likes to sleep in the woodpile under our deck. She feels protected there since it is completely closed in with lattice and a closed door. Molly will let us pet her while she's waiting for the food trays to be put down. I first met Molly as a very tiny kitten with a loud cry.

To all who are moms to their feline friends and their canine companions. Boy, I’m gone a month and come back to find a new way to insert photos and it’s not working. I don’t like it. It’s been a month of working like a crazy person, then just collapsing with a bad case of writer’s block.  Not good when you make your living this way.

Our newest contributor to the Editors Blog has overcome debilitating cross-sightedness to write extensively about lost birds and feral cats. She is also the inspiration behind item #198 in this year's scav hunt: "Take down the Maroon [11 points]." Please give a warm welcome to Claire McNear.

Our newest contributor to the Editors Blog has overcome debilitating cross-sightedness to write extensively about lost birds and feral cats. She is also the inspiration behind item #198 in this year’s scav hunt: “Take down the Maroon [11 points].” Please give a warm welcome to Claire McNear.

There was an article in a newpaper recently (forget where) which said that the need to kill (the sanitized word is "euthanized") trapped feral cats was unnecessary. The problem is not that there are too many cats to re-home through the rescue centers but that there were not enough volunteers involved and therefore not enough "outreach" to facilitate the re-homing process.

Feral cats have always been near and dear to my heart. Those often misunderstood felines share the exact same genetic makeup as our precious pet cats. They are not wild animals. I have always felt that we, as human beings, share a collective responsibility towards their fate.

Kittens, Kittens, Everywhere I can hear the ahhhhs over the above kitten picture but my reaction this week is not so fuzzy. I have been getting cranky over all of the people dumping their animals or trying to re-home them.

By: Bridget Speiser, Program Manager: CatNiPP Mother's Day seems like a really appropriate time to reflect on all that the Washington Humane Society is doing to support the effort of animal population control through our various spay & neuter programs.