Hooray for you Melissa!! There's lots of good info out there to help
with the education project. Why don't you take a peek at the feral
group on Yahoo: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/feral_cats/ You
are so right in saying that feeding without s/n adds to the problem
instead of helping it. Welcome to the front lines of rescue!
Nina
Melissa Lind wrote:
Kelly, That's great that you live out of the city. We plan to live on
the edge of town, well, in a town our size, that's not too
hard---technically we're on the edge anyway---but I think I can
convince my husband that if he gets to build a big garage/man cave,
that I get part of it for a shelter! But, in the meantime, I might
work on him for the "English garden" idea for our walk out basement.
Unfortunately, too many people around here don't wait for
invitations---they just come over! But, I'll have to say that small
town life does have its benefits---very safe---but I'm not so sure how
safe it would be for my cats. But, all of you have really motivated me
to realize my dreams and get to work on a better job so I can afford
to do this! In the meantime, I might work on educating people this
summer about spay/neuter. So many people around here are back-door
feeders, but they don't bother to spay/neuter! That makes me irate!
They think they're helping cats, but they're only adding more
starving, sick babies. I hope I can get some people to help me take
outdoor cats to a shelter that has a free spay/neuter program. We'll
see how it goes...Melissa
