Three cats from the Pallet Colony are now available for adoption at PAWS Chicago. Joann trapped Prince Charming this week. He is the 19th cat trapped at this site, and the seventh cat taken in by PAWS’ adoption program. Doesn’t he look comfortable already on their adoption floor? Also, the orange kittens from the… Read more »
Since 2007 I TNR’d 183 cats from 20 colony sites within one square mile around me. Today there are only 51 cats from that total left outside. That is a 72% reduction rate in nine years. I am very happy with these numbers and track them carefully. I visit these colony sites and their feeders all the time… Read more »
We tried trapping at the Pallet Colony on Friday night, but the alley was very busy and we only re-trapped ear-tipped cats. They all looked great. At one point a man with a sheriff’s badge around his neck came up to my car and knocked on the window. Obviously he was not a sheriff… Read more »
Melissa and I trapped at night in the alley next to the retirement center because we knew there were cats also coming from the coach house. Despite a lot of human activity in this alley, cars pulling in and out, people coming out to smoke, a security car making the rounds, random rain and wind, we still… Read more »
Six kittens finding shelter in drain pipes and heating vents at the retirement home were trapped and rescued. The original call Erica from PAWS Chicago received about this colony was asking for help with a mama cat and four kittens. We are calling this the Pallet Colony now, and so far we’ve trapped 16 cats and kittens…. Read more »
Joann answered a plea from PAWS Chicago to help trap a mama cat and her four kittens living in a heating vent at a low-income assisted living complex. When we first showed up to trap last week we knew there would be more to the story, and more cats. Last year, Erica, the TNR Coordinator for… Read more »
Melissa B. found an injured cat Saturday at one of her feral cat feeding stations. He was limping, with visible bite wounds on his neck and front paw. Morris is a friendly cat with an owner that lets him outdoors. He told Melissa before that Morris was already neutered. When Morris showed up injured, his… Read more »
We trapped more cats at the Kitchen Colony this week. The colony is currently a mix of at least six or more ear tipped cats, and we pulled three more for adoption last month. Patrice, the colony caregiver, feeds regularly in a commercial parking lot, and keeps an eye out for non-eartipped cats. However, this… Read more »
We are included again (!!!) in the Hyde Park Cats calendar for 2016. This highlighted link includes instructions on how to order this calendar from hydeparkcats.org Every cat in a trap here has a story that deserves to be shared and celebrated, which is pretty much why I started this blog in the first place…. Read more »
We rescued Clara and Darren from the Kitchen Colony a month ago. Since then they were fostered and cared for by Elissa F., the owner of Rockstar Pets. Elissa did an amazing job socializing this kitten duo! Darren is a total kitten and loves to play. Clara is hilarious – she hisses… Read more »