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Originally Posted by Alisa
I have three forever kitties and five foster kittens right now. I work with a group that does TNR (trap-neuter-return) in my city. We have a lot of ferals in my neighborhood, so I also have half a dozen ferals that live in my yard and a colony nearby that we're trapping in right now. I'll probably end up with a few more kittens soon (maybe even tonight) since we've spotted two in the colony. I'm pretty sure there are more. They're young enough to be socialized fairly easily.
Two of my forever kitties were older ferals I trapped but they were still able to be socialized. They were a bit skittish and I'd notched their ears so I was concerned I wouldn't be able to get them homes (and I did kinda get attached). Now that I have three I pretty much have to stop keeping them if I still want to foster and I can't see stopping fostering. It's hard to give them away but it's also fun getting kittens every year. I wish it wasn't due to our society's general lack of responsibility with critters, but boy are they cute. My little boy kitty loves kittens so he helps me with the babies. He's so friendly that he really helped the shy little girl learn to be more social, too. (My older cat I had before all this just tries to ignore it.)
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alisa, it makes me happy every time i hear about someone going to the trouble to help stray animals. i think it's wonderful that you are doing so much for the cats in your neighborhood. i have 2 cats i rescued (well, technically i only rescued the one, but the second one was growing in her belly at the time...) and since i live in a tiny appartment that's already quite a lot for me but i really admire people who do whatever they can, whether it's one or many (like you). maximum respect. i think people who show love and respect to animals are good, kind people, and i wish everyone had that tendency ; the world would be a better place, i am sure of it. there have been lots of stories of people rescuing or helping animals around here and each one really makes me happy to read it.
keep doing what you do.