One thing that pulls at my heartstrings is homeless cats. It’s a difficult thing to control but we can all do our own part to help stay ahead of the curve of natural population. There are some great facilities most likely in your city that will do Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) to help control the population. If captured young enough, there’s a much greater chance for adoption as they have not fully learned to not trust humans and ultimately will not get along in a normal household with adults, kids, or other pets.
The studies don't lie, TNR does work!
This video I created is of a litter of kittens I took care of at my old office space in an industrial side of town. The 2016-2017 winter was pretty brutal and I kept a fleece blanket inside the little house for them with a cover on top during the worst of the temperature drops. I went to the office 7 days a week just to make sure they had at least one solid meal a day.
The squad recognized me but were still very cautious. The neighboring businesses had guard dogs that had them on their toes at all times but as you can see, they eventually came around and at least let me pet them. Knowing their odds of adoption let alone survival is pretty low, I was happy to at least get the little grey one adopted out into a good home. I no longer work in that area but know the property manager kindly feeds them when he is around.
Cat food is cheap and your dinner scraps are free. Kick down a meal when you can if you have feral friends in your area. 😺 Thanks in advance for reading and upvoting!
