TNR

Our resort does not have a lot of cats, but the one that I did see was not ear tipped. Although he’s still a kitten. We suggested doing TNR like their sister resort we stayed at earlier this year.   He’s obviously cared for, though, and knows how to work the dining room.  There are… Read more »

Earlier this year we went on vacation to Cozumel, Mexico. The all-inclusive resort we stayed at was filled with cats.   But these cats were ear tipped. Every. Single. One.   A quick Google search revealed that the Iberostar hotel chain participates in TNR with local rescue groups. Once the cats are TNR’d, their staff continues… Read more »

Last month I came across a sick cat and tried to trap it for a few days. The kids living on this block were really excited to meet me, and so I basically gave a TNR workshop on-site for them.   Unfortunately I have not seen this cat since, but I gave the family my contact… Read more »

Relocation for feral cats is very difficult and should be used as a last resort. I’ve managed to avoid it in my area so far by networking with neighbors to find other people to feed the cats when a feeder is no longer able to do so. I’ve written about The Rockstar Colony before, a… Read more »

All week I’ve been distributing the huge bales of straw that I picked up as a donation earlier this summer.   This straw will be used as insulation in outdoor cat houses to help keep the cats warm.   One of my straw pit stops was with Georgie of Chicago TNR. You can learn more… Read more »

This summer I became a Flower Farmer.   I’ve been cutting the flowers in my garden and transporting them to Forget Me Knodt for purchase since July. This project has been a great success so far, and there are still more flowers available.   This was the first experimental bouquet I made. It also features… Read more »

I met up with Chicago TNR again over the winter to help with trap-neuter-return, TNR, for outdoor cats in Englewood, a neighborhood in Chicago’s south side. My friend George started Chicago TNR by herself last year and has been humanely trapping colony cats all over the south side. She started trapping the Englewood cats last… Read more »

Back in December I found out my neighbor is terminally ill and I wrote about it. The doctors sent her home and gave her one year to live. She has done lots of dog and cat rescue in the neighborhood. She is looking to re-home her two dogs and four cats. Understandably, she is not… Read more »