New Cats Everywhere
9/5 -Just learned of FIFTEEN more cats and kittens in a park in Woodridge. We had neutered and pulled 16 cats and kittens from there in February of this year. Another rescue took several more. If only the people involved would contact us directly! We may not get everyone, those we miss may go on to make even more and so on and so on. If you see colonies of cats, call us!
9/13 – So far, 36 total. 6 went to DCAS, 3 went to ADOPT as we cannot absorb this many cats and NO ONE else can help. Of the 36, 4 kittens are coming in today, haven’t seen them yet. Have heard there are at least 7 more older kittens in the area. They are healthy, good coats, no illnesses. They are being dumped. Someone got overwhelmed and dumped these cats. We do not know who but it would have been so much better if we had been contacted instead. There are coyotes in the area, these cats do not have experience in the outdoors. About half will go to relocation as there is no time or resources to foster to bring them the rest of the way to adoptablility – we have some wonderful locations where the cats will be very well taken care of and probably will end up coming inside with someone – that happens a lot with our relocations, when given time they decide humans are great.
9/16 – Five more trapped on Sunday. Still more there. The level of friendliness is going down, not sure if these have spent more time outside or were harder to transport by whoever dumped them. We walk into TNR to a chorus of meows, repeatedly, as they are trying to tell us their story.
Also, we have 9 kittens from a location in West Chicago without a dedicated caretaker – thin, with URI, one with an eye that will have to be removed, but we’re working on all of them. We’ve TNR’d several adults, there may be 5 more to get.
We cannot do everything, everywhere, all the time. There will be locations we cannot get to this year before the temperatures plummet and we stop trapping. This year the plan is to actually take some time off and shut down trapping like we used to do, we cannot continue full speed for the entire year, we are exhausted.
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| Due to the volume of cats we are dealing with, these 5 were transferred to ADOPT Pet Shelter in Naperville. Every shelter is so full, we are very grateful they accepted them! |
Would You Expect Your Cat to Return After 11 Years?
Microchips are a gift that keeps on giving. How tremendous that the records were still available and the owner still accessible after eleven years!
September Half Over
09/5/24 – DCAS – 6 friendlies, 18 ferals, 8 males,16 females, one female died upon sedation, definitely had some internal organ issues, would have most likely not survived if it had made it thru spay.
9/10/24 – DCAS – 5 friendly, 13 feral, 11 males, 7 females, one female and one male both already s/n.
9/12/24 – DCAS – 10 friendly, 14 feral, 14 female, 10 male, one already netuered.
Total: 65 for September so far, 605 to date in 2024, 15,485 since our beginning.
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| The TNR room is constantly fluctuating. Some of these cats were neutered on 9/10, there are new kittens due to trapping efforts, and the list goes on. | We have done over 74 cats/kittens from this same location. These cuties came in with fleas and icky poops, we will get them healthy, they are absolute gems! |
As Many as Possible As Soon As Possible
Upcoming Adoption Events
- Sunday, 9/22, from 1pm-4pm, Feral Fixers, 330 Eisenhower Ln N, Lombard
- Saturday, 9/28, 11am-3pm, PetSmart Finley Square Shopping Center, 1550 Butterfield Rd, Downers Grove IL
- Saturday, 10/12, 11am-3pm, at Feral Fixers, 330 Eisenhower Ln N, Lombard
- Saturday, 10/26, 11am-3pm, PetSmart Finley Square Shopping Center (1550 Butterfield Rd, Downers Grove)
We have just 50 cats posted on Petfinder with so many wonderful cats/kittens shown, but we have many more on hand. Make a huge difference in the life of the right cat for you! Adoption Application and further information can be found here. You do not have to adopt at an adoption event, but it is a great opportunity to see our cats/kittens in person! We have added some Sunday dates in order to increase accessibility for everyone. Dozens more kittens are awaiting s/n surgery and will soon be adoptable, but we are still experiencing a shortage of surgery slot availability. There seem to be more kittens and friendly adults coming our way than we can possibly care for – please share our wonderful felines with everyone you know so that we can continue to make a difference in their lives!