We went out to help neighbors with cats whose 90 year old owner was suddenly hospitalized. These lucky cats had some good friends in the neighborhood, who had been feeding them, and were hoping to find a good plan for their future! It's likely that the cats' owner will have to go to live in a group home, so we had to find a different place for these cats to live. There were reports of 6 - 8 adult cats (none spayed/neutered) and 6 kittens, which had constant access to both inside and outside the house. Unfortunately, all of the cats were somewhat or completely feral, making them poor candidates for rehoming. A woman who lives down the street offered to care for the cats inside her place, while they recover from spay/neuter operations and the owner's house is sealed. After that, the cats will be released, and will continue to be fed by this woman (with food supplied by JCN). Although it's not an ideal solution, it is better than the original plan, which was to send all of these cats to be destroyed. We are grateful to the kind neighbors, who have been so helpful in working to resolve this situation.

We first set traps for the adult cats...we stood back waiting for the cats to spring the traps...we set up kitten traps inside the house...a beautiful old photo of the owner's parents
     

All of the cats were in a panic...their new rehabilitation location...the one that got away, to be trapped another day...two little kittens hiding behind the litter box in their new cage
     

We set up 3 big cages from JCN, for all of the cats...two adult cats hide in their litter box...one adult cat hides on his loft bed...two adult cats hide behind their litter box