October 24, 2011 - October 30, 2011

RELOCATIONS: Total of 3 this week.

2 Barn in Double Oak
1 Garage in Lucus

Next week should be better. Scheduled are:
3 Waco area
4 Commerce
2 Highland Village
2 Joshua
1 Hickory Creek

Since we will be around Waco, we will be picking up litter again at the Wal-Mart Return Center. We will rent the cargo van again as well.

Moving Cats: An older guy called and asked if we could help he and his wife move 3 cats from one home to another. They had already moved but needed to move the cats. These 3 cats were sterilized with shots and had their own “kitty condo” in the backyard. The couple will be moving the condo as soon as the cats are moved. I offered caging but they decided to just release them in the garage until the condo was moved. The wife said she had one trap and would move them one at a time. She caught one cat the first morning she tried. BUT –now the others are being sly. Rhonda with Feral Friends offered to speak with them about “Trapping Hints and Tips”. Rhonda told them not to leave the trap set all night – but – they did that anyway. What they caught was a baby and mom raccoon. Now – here is the shocking part: Instead of calling animal services or a wildlife rehab group or even calling Rhonda or Barn Cats, they decided to leave them in the trap and DROWN THEM IN THE CREEK BEHIND THEIR HOUSE! WHAT? That is outrageous! Rhonda was in tears and I cannot blame her. These are seemingly educated people – drown them in the creek! People can be freaky!

I leave you with that.
Peg – Thanks for following the Barn Cat Blog!