Cats Everywhere!
If you are on Facebook or any of the social media options, you will see posts from every cat-based organization saying that they are maxed out. We don’t know why but there do seem to be a lot more cats of every age out there this year – newborns to geriatric. Coming from colonies and abandoned from homes. Pretty much out of control and everyone is bailing out the ocean with a teaspoon.
As I write this, the voice mail box is full on our phone. Dealing with everything in front of me, I just don’t know when I will get to emptying it – each call requires resolution and I am plumb out of that! Every call is definitely important but there are only so many hours in a day, so much space, so many volunteers.
I believe we’ve mentioned before that we need to concentrate on cats in DuPage County. We go over the borders a bit (cats do not know county lines) and we grandfather in those that we have helped in the past as we do not want a location blowing up again. It is beyond difficult to get calls from Skokie, Plainfield, Chicago, Hinckley, Murphysboro! and even further out from DuPage and have to tell them “no” we cannot help. We will not reach any measure of success if we don’t dedicate our efforts to DuPage. “But my sister, neighbor, vet, animal control, lady in the pet food aisle recommended you to me.”
We have no control over who is giving advice to contact Feral Fixers. People are so mad at us or crying! Geez! We did not create these problems and are doing our very best to help control the cat population.
Cannot tell you how much we appreciate the people who are willing to trap the cats themselves, foster the cats themselves, if the only answer is taking the cats to Animal Control, transporting the cats themselves. There have been a lot more of these people and it makes a huge difference in our resources and stress levels!
We’re All in This Together!
Click here to see streamed interview with ABC7 Chicago about the volume of animals they deal with and the upcoming adoption event on Saturday. We are all in this together and adoptions anywhere in the area help all the cats in the area. Did you know that when Feral Fixers runs out of space and fosters, DCAS is the only organization that can take from our caretakers? No other rescue has the ability to take cats from the streets – most require already tamed and friendly cats and kittens. Cats may go back and forth to DCAS, both organizations doing our utmost to help the cats of DuPage County! We absolutely have too many cats and kittens ourselves, so maybe check our cats out first 😊, but you help both FF and DCAS, no matter which you adopt from!
What We’ve Done So Far in July!
7/9 – ADOPT – 15 friendlies, 9 female, 6 male. Notice a huge leap in posted available adoptable kittens?
7/10 – DCAS – 6 friendlies, 22 ferals, 13 females, 15 males. Neuter on one male delayed until 7/11 when it also received an eye enucleation, joined by a neuter from 7/10. Thank you, Dr. K!!!!!
7/16 – ADOPT – 9 friendlies, 4 female, 5 male.
7/17 – DCAS – 1 friendly, 11 feral, 7 female, 5 male. Included was a 9yr old friendly female that had pyometra and a tumor that encompassed her entire uterus. She feels soooo much better now!
7/23 – ADOPT- 6 female, 6 male.
Total: July 105, year-to-date 441, since 2007 16,175!
As Many As Possible As Soon As Possible
Adoption Event – 8/3/25
Our next adoption event is Sunday, August 3rd 1pm - 4pm at Feral Fixers. Come check out our foster cats and kittens! So many available! More than can be at the building on same day! Fill out an application in advance, Adoptables page has most of our cats posted, but advisable to have your application on file if you see the best match!
Rhode Island Bans Declawing!
An Act Relating to Animals and Animal Husbandry — Cruelty to Animals (S.B.180A/H.B.5668A) has become law. The law, which is supported by the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), Humane World for Animals, and Paw Project, bans cat declawing in Rhode Island, except in the rare circumstance it is medically necessary to address a condition that compromises the cat’s health, such as cancer in the nail bed. Cat declawing is an invasive surgical operation that is akin to amputating a human finger at the last knuckle. Declawing can cause lifelong issues for cats, including nerve damage, chronic back pain, and lameness.”
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