We posted about Crystal, a sick TNR’d feral cat from the Luna Colony two weeks ago. After extensive vetting and a week’s hospital stay, Crystal was humanely euthanized because her biopsy showed she had a malignant cancer. Thanks to all of you who donated towards her care. We couldn’t do this without you! Together we… Read more »
Felix was found sick in an alley by some kind volunteers on the near north side of Chicago last fall and brought to PAWS’ clinic to be neutered. He was covered in itchy scabs from a flea allergy, dehydrated, and in need of a dental that was inflaming his gums and causing swollen glands… Read more »
Joann found the Land Colony last summer in Avondale while we were TNR’ing all over the place there during the height of kitten season. Margie and her husband, Pepe, were feeding the cats in their yard, and there were just too many. Joann saw several two-month old kittens. Margie was on board with TNR,… Read more »
When we met Jean, she showed us Crystal, one of her twenty colony cats. Crystal’s left ear looked completely eaten away. Jean trapped Crystal, and Joann rushed her to our vet, Elmhurst Animal Care Center. They ruled out bite wounds, and said her ear was either caused by frostbite or cancer. They sent out… Read more »
The vet told us Crystal, a sick cat from Jean’s colony, was suffering and hasn’t eaten while hospitalized there since last Friday. Crystal has necrosis of the left ear, and it is completely gone, bloody and crusted. Her caregiver, Jean, trapped her last Friday and Joann rushed her straight to our vet, Elmhurst Animal Care… Read more »
Crystal was trapped with 28 other cats living in Jean’s yard in 2013. Jean’s colony is now down to 13 outdoor cats, and seven indoor cats. All are spayed and neutered. Jean is probably in her mid-eighties and walks with a cane. She still navigates all three floors of her home, and cares… Read more »
So happy to hear that Newt, a cat I TNR’d in my yard in 2013, is now a fully 100% indoor cat in my neighbor’s home! When I first saw Newt he lounged around all over my yard. Once he was TNR’d, Newt started visiting Amanda, my neighbor, a few blocks away. She let… Read more »
Edda is a 60-year old woman with limited income and means caring for up to 20 cats in the Hermosa neighborhood of Chicago, an area filled with cats. This is a very common scenario on the west side of Chicago and all over for people who feed cats. My TNR friend Oleksandra told me… Read more »
Kim and I helped Melanie TNR her Avondale colony just over two months ago. We trapped 17 cats in one weekend. That’s way too many cats, which is why Melanie contacted me. Five of those 17 cats are no longer on the street, including four kittens admitted to PAWS Chicago, and Cowbella, who is being… Read more »
We first met Cowbella, wobbling and weaving her way towards us, while trapping the Charlie Chaplin Colony 5am on a cold Saturday morning last fall. It was still pretty dark out so we weren’t sure what we were seeing. Cowbella walked as if she was drunk. We knew immediately something was wrong. We trapped… Read more »