Jean,
Could you alert the local news media? That might
prompt some people to get involved.
Bonnie in WI
At 12:19 AM 2/21/02 -0500, you wrote:
>so I'm passing it on in the hopes that someone is close enough to help.
>
>Some of you know that I work at a local college. As long as I can
>remember, there has been a colony of feral cats living under some of the
>buildings. I don't work with them (the buildings are on the other side of
>campus) very much, but I'm friends with the English professor who has
>taken responsibility for trying to keep them healthy and even adopt one or
>two out as often as they can be tamed. Today she e-mailed us that she was
>warned by the people in Physical Plant (in charge of the buildings and
>grounds) that they plan to poison the cats if she doesn't get them trapped
>and gone in the next week or so. (Yes, they would, they have in the
>past. At least she was warned this time, last time the students just
>started finding dead cats lying around the lawn.) There aren't many, she
>thinks probably 3 or 4 adults, and she isn't sure how many kittens. To her
>knowledge, they are all healthy, nothing worse than ringworm.
>
>I know we're all just about full-up, but this is a crisis! If you know
>anyone who might can help, please e-mail me
>directly. (<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]) The cats are in
>Rock Hill, SC, about 25 miles south of Charlotte, NC.
>
>j
>
>Jean Wells
>McConnells, SC
>
>I want cheesecake and I want it now!
