Problems with feral cats?

Funny you should post this, I drove by a lot today on Park Place between Bedford and Rodgers where local folks put out cans of food for the cat population living in a car in a fenced lot. Judging by the number of cans there are probably 4-5 cats living in there (maybe more since its a spot to get food regularly). I was thinking it would be a good site for a TNR project.

Its on the north side of the street next to the real estate office that never seems to be open.

I also know that there were a litter of feral kittens rescued late last year on Pacific between Nostrand and New York in the lot behind the Halal meat market. You might want to check there as well since a number of folks on that block have cats that were born there. Seems like a hot spot for local cats.

thanks, laura b.! a couple of us took the TNR class but still have no where to "store" the cats during the waiting period. looks like the 'hood is going to come together and make a difference. (for real.) thanks, everyone!

We will be doing TNR in the area that Laura B. suggested in April. Thanks for the suggestion! We went to investigate the area today. We noticed that one cat was very pregnant and we ended up trapping her tonight in about 15 seconds flat. She will be going to the vet tomorrow. We will be going back on Friday night to try to get prego #2. We thought that we shouldn't wait until April to spay those two. We received tons of support from the people over in that area and are very excited about the project. It feels great to help more PH feral cats. We will keep you posted!

I went all of 2 hours on Saturday without any fosters, it was awful! Kensington Kitties was set up across from work so I went over to tell them what a great home Sox and Gemini found. There was this little grey 5-6 month old kitten cowering in a cage all freaked out. They told me he didn't have a foster home yet and hated being kept in the cage (due to how many cats they have now). I took one look at him and said, "He's damaged, I'll take him!"

Anyway, he is dying to make friends with my cats, Mumps and Grumps are still a bit unsure of him though. If you come across a cat or kitten that really likes being around other cats I could take on one more. Squeaker would absolutely love a friend. Let me know.

Four down ... around five to go ... So far we have trapped two males and two females. We plan to get the rest of them in mid-April.

Hey Vanilla,

What did the pregnant cat look like? We trapped one that we thought was pregnant but "she" happened to be a grossly overweight male cat. I think that they get a lot of table scraps around there. We saw an all white cat that we thought could have been pregnant. Is that the one? If we know which one it is then it's easier for us to try to get it. Thanks for watching out for them! We do have free neuter slots on April 18th. I'm not sure if she can wait that long or not.

I came across this posting at the Park Slope Forum, someone is complaining about a large colony on 14th Street.

http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=41749&sid=d6595705364ed528b47df596c0ff0461

Here are photos of four of the cats that have been trapped, neutered, and returned. Photos of other four to come!

Helva:


Noisy Girl:


Chubby:


Mr. Meany and Chubby: