Saddened to see stray kitties on my almost perfect outing

[moosmom]

Carole,

Is there anyway you can ask some of the local pet shops to donate dry food for them?? I wish I lived closer, I'd certainly use my contacts to help out. How about possibly building them a shelter out of a Rubbermaid bin??? It would at least give them shelter from the cold and wet.

Just a suggestion.

[carole]

Donna i think shelter is ok they have like a hundred old wrecked cars to shelter in , there are buildings and old sheds, so that is probably the least of their problems, and they are close to a river with trees, I don't live nearby at all, and i could not possibly go over there all the time not being able to drive or afford the petrol so that is not really possible, oh how i wish it were,i am not sure what is the best thing to do, locals can get a bit shitty when city dwellers come in on their turf asking them to do something about it,i think my best bet is to approach the Humane Alternative and see if they can do anything, they may well have a member over that way or someone who is already looking out for them, i can but only hope for that,but i understand where you are coming from.,believe me i do.

It is a fairly small town and i donot think there is even a petshop there,i did not see one anyhow.

[Catty1]

Is there a pet store right in that area you can contact? I am sure they get out-of-date food, and it could be put to good use.

[carole]

No not to my knowlege, my city is probably the next best bet, but one has to have someone prepared to feed them over there, it is not possible for me to do so i am sorry to say.,maybe the car wrecker owner feeds them, i have no idea, they all looked reasonably ok for ferals, not like our beloved pets obviously and until you are up close you can never really tell,but i was suprised that they looked as good as they did, so i am hoping that means someone is looking after them, i would like to take a trip back soon when the car wrecker is open and ask him, but i am a little scared incase he is bothered by them, and gets annoyed with me asking and decides to take action like getting the council involved,one never knows what the real situation is, however if the council operates as our's does you have to hire traps at ten dollars a wk to trap them, then they are PTS, I donot want to be responsible for that happening for sure, and nine times out of ten no-one is prepared to pay that up front, i mean it could end up costing someone quite a bit of money in the long run, so for them it is best just to leave them be.

Getting them trapped and fixed would be the best bet all round, Humane Alternative used to do that, just not sure if they are still operating that way, i will contact them and find out..really is my best bet and the best possible answer to the problem i think. I will endeavour to do my best, but i can only do so much.