Well I went home for lunch and I had a message on my answering machine from the women who owns the house with the cats in her yard saying she her a cat crying so she went outside and she saw one lying on her yard. She said she picked it up and wrapped it in a blanket and put it on her front porch.
What she didn't realize is that it is hot outside and that you can't wrap up a cat in this heat and second you don't put a kitten on your front porch where is smells like shit and there is shit everywhere. I wanted to go right out there at lunch time but I couldn't because I had to go back to work, I already took off earlier this week to try to catch them and I left early monday because I was so depressed about this situation.
I don't know what I'm going to find when I get over to her house, hopefully the cat was just hungrey and I'll be able to feed it or hopefully if it was sick enough it died and I won't have to have it put down.
Melissa
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Originally Posted by Catty1
I totally admire what you and others are doing.
I want to thank you for stepping in and helping those kitties as there are very few willing to do this important task. Best Friends has a network of people involved with many aspects of rescuing, I can't find the exact link, but I had a long distance situation I was dealing with via emails, and they sent me a list of persons in the general area that are involved in rescuing, feeding etc. Some were too far away from the area to be of any help, but some referred me to others closer by. The situation was resolved, but not the way I wanted to hear. Mom cat (friendly dumped girl) & her kittens were taken by a neighbor to be barn cats *sigh* A Best Friends Network member was ready to make the half day drive and take the mom & babies too.. grr! 
) are known as "bunchers" and make a living out of this. Others may use them as bait for fighting dogs, snake food....Always a good idea to check out who their vet is (and call them to assure they are legit, as friends will pose as a vet in order to obtain animals). You should always charge a fee for kitties even if you donate it to a shelter. Persons that have no problem paying an adoption fee generally tend to treat the animals much better. I hope some of this will be of help in your quest to help these poor babies. P.M me if you need any tips on trapping etc. I've only trapped a few 1000 so far. 
Jan
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