adoption

How to Help a Stray Cat

THIS. This is perfect. If you determine that the cat needs an indoor home, FIRST check to see if s/he may already have one and is just lost. THEN try to adopt him/her out. Here’s how.  

How EveryBlock Helped Me Keep Track of Free-roaming Cats

I found another cat that visit colonies across a major street. Last fall I saw Star visiting the Eleanor Rigby Colony. I tried trapping him but ended up trapping Gracie and Blackie again instead. I took the girls to get checked out at the clinic and re-vaccinated because it had been three years since they… Read more »

Fosters to the Rescue

Remember Knox? Well, actually her name is now Maddox. She was brought by someone to Anti-Cruelty Society, ACS. ACS brought her to Chicago Animal Care and Control, CACC, where her paperwork was filled out as “per ACS, feral not able to touch, will bite.” Because she was assessed as being feral, she was scheduled to… Read more »

Update on Hoarder Home

The hoarder home owners of the Stealers Wheel Colony have become unpredictable and the indoor TNR part of this project will have to wait until after the holidays. This project is much more than I can handle on my own. They are not just hoarders. There are many, many other problems in this house. The… Read more »