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BARN CAT BASH, Sunday, June 5, 2016
Bistecca in Highland Village, 5:30
Relocations
Our Cats after Release
Bad Calls/Emails: No Experience and No
Connections
BMG (Bitch/Moan/Groan): Needed: More than a Good Heart
OMG (Oh My God): Autumn and
Sandy: Pool House Relo
Auction Items
Relocations and In
Take: We had
11 placements this week.
3 Barn/workshop
in Bonham (Sky, Mel, Willow)
2 Barn
in Fort Worth (Longfellow, Short Stuff)
4 Barn/garage in Greenville (Kelly, Annie, Brandy, Tabitha)
2 Pool
house in Copper Canyon (Autumn, Sandy)
Our Cats after Release:
1. Dallas: Emmy and Ringo were placed in this backyard
down in Dallas. There are chickens on
the property – that means there will be rodents. The rodents are gone but the cats have NOT
been spotted. I think the cats are still
around just being stealth.
2. Rockwall: Spitfire and Angel were placed in this
backyard area to control rabbits. The
owners want a garden and the bunnies are eating everything! Since their release, none of their produce
has been eaten. Spitfire and Angel are
doing their jobs.
3. Allen: Meredith was placed here to be a friend for
Boomer. Meredith sits in the rafters and
points out mice for Boomer who is down on the barn floor. They are a great team!
Bad Calls/EMAILS: No Experience and No
Connections
Evidence
of a new feral cat group has surfaced in our area. They have a collection jar at a local gas
station and one of our volunteers saw it.
I went over, got a phone number, and called the person listed as the
contact. Well, they have never worked
with a volunteer group that does either adoptions or trapping, had no idea
about such groups, did not know about the spay/neuter clinic in Denton, on and
on and on. Why reinvent the wheel? There are 300 – 400 adoption groups in the
DFW area and several others that just do TNR (Trap/Neuter/Return). The “founder” wants to open a no-kill shelter
(never a bad idea) but with no experience you are getting into a potential money
pit for yourself. Do your some due
diligence and get some experience BEFORE you commit to starting a 501C3 organization
or shelter…you think?
BMG: Needed: More than a Good Heart
Just
like the above story, this person wants to “just help the cats”. She agreed to start a program to spay/neuter
cats that are TNR’ed at a city between Dallas and Fort Worth. She has agreed to a lot of stuff (like the
organization will PAY for all the vet work) but then the city will “kill them”
if they are picked up twice in the same location. The answer is of course a Barn Cat
Program. WHAT? Take on something else! I hopefully stopped that in its tracks. If the city wants you to do TNR, the CITY
should be paying for the vet work just like they do BEFORE a cat is released to
Barn Cats, Inc. If these folks want to
help cats, work with an established program that already has negotiated vet
prices and volunteers already identified.
A “good heart” and no business experience will get you into the POOR
HOUSE very quickly in this business.
OMG: Autumn and Sandy –
Pool House Relo
Autumn
and Sandy are both friendly cats. SO – I
just decided to let them loose in the pool house for the 1 week relo
period. The mom of the family went out
there to put in additional beds/blankets/etc, and AUTUMS RAN OUT! She was totally docile here at the house and
this behavior was a giant surprise. We
returned to the property to look for her, but to no avail. We put Sandy in a cage so the pool house door
could be left open, left a second feeder/waterer, and advised the owners to
leave the door open in the daytime but close it at night. Got a call Sunday morning and they found her
in a shed on the property – YES! She is
still loose but we know she is safe.
They moved the feeder/waterer to the shed and also her hidey
box/carrier.
Auction Items: Showing you dog-themed items this week: Two door mats, a shower caddy, a ceramic dog
yard art, and three art pieces.
Thanks
for following the Barn Cats Blog. Peg
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