We started TNR at a new colony last week, called the Catalonia Colony. Nine cats total were trapped. Two sisters reached out to PAWS Chicago for help with TNR at their single-family home in Hermosa. Bonnie had a growing colony in her backyard and was overwhelmed. Oleksandra, Kim and Joann volunteered to help and tag… Read more »
Sherbert showed up sick, dirty and disheveled while we were trapping for the Avondale TNR Project. His fur and ears were filthy, and his breathing was congested. He’s the 55th cat we trapped for vetting in Avondale so far, but he is the first one that was already TNR’d by someone else, as you can see… Read more »
Back in June we met the owner of a Polish restaurant in Avondale feeding three feral female cats. They would wait outside the back door in the alley for their meals. We are calling this the Polska Kittens Colony. It is the next alley over from the Big Daddy Colony. She fed them raw… Read more »
Simon is ready for his second appointment at PAWS Chicago tomorrow. We are hoping he will be admitted into their adoption program. Our friend Elissa, owner of Rockstar Pets, has fostered him for the past few weeks. He’s been playing and eating non-stop the entire time. He needed vetting for URI, but appears to be completely healthy… Read more »
I’m happy to report that four of the orange creamsicle kittens were admitted to PAWS Chicago’s adoption program! Phoenix, Rascal, Oscar and Bosco all graduated from Robin’s Fischer School of Feral Feline Socialization. Robin has been fostering kittens for us for awhile now and we are so grateful to her. This couldn’t be done… Read more »
The six creamsicle kittens trapped a few weeks ago in Avondale are thriving in Robin’s home. We are so thankful to her for fostering and socializing these boys! And keeping track of all of them. She keeps sending us photos, but they look so much alike. Bert and Ernie are mostly white with orange fur. And… Read more »
Say that five times fast! A woman named Margie called from another location in Avondale about a very sick kitten she found in front of her house, by himself right in her front yard. It was supposed to start raining with tornado warnings really soon so Joann went straight to her house to pick… Read more »
When I first started talking to Kim a few months ago about all of the cats she was seeing in her colony and neighborhood of Avondale, I was determined to help her mostly because of a cat named Big Daddy. Her Big Daddy Colony is named after him to honor his memory. Big Daddy… Read more »
Reese is a former stray cat now fully vetted and available for adoption. He is FIV+ and recovered from illness and bite wounds. He is a total lover and enjoying the indoors. Just look at those cheeks! Reese was trapped in Avondale along with a whole bunch of other colony cats at once. After his… Read more »
Gringa, a TNR’d colony cat, was found dead outside Saturday by the Avondale alley we are trapping in. Gringa was a beautiful cat already TNR’d by Erica from PAWS before we started this project. Gringa was being fed regularly by George, a man who drives from somewhere else to feed in this alley twice a day…. Read more »