This is just a quick update on Operation Silsby since I am still in New York on vacation for one more day. I had a GREAT conversation this evening with the man who lives in house where the cats are spending much of their time. He and his wife (Stephen and Janice) are animal lovers and are willing to help feed the cats in preparation for their capture and surgeries and they are also willing to help with maintaining the colony once we get the kittens and any social cats on to homes or rescue groups. YEAH!! Stephen also told me the approximate number of cats and kittens and that there is a young couple a few houses down who caught some kittens last year and found homes for them AND TNR'd a few adults, too. YEAH! Another partner for our project... The husband of this young couple is a soldier who is overseas in Afghanistan right now, according to Stephen, so I'll be sending some prayers that way as well...
I made appointments at the APL for September 25th and 27th (the earliest ones that I could get) and that gives us a few weeks to socialize cats and catch the kittens. The kittens need to be caught as soon as possible to give us the best chance of socializing them into wonderful, friendly, loving kitties.
We also have approximately $200 pledged (I have to update my spreadsheet to give you the exact numbers) and that should get us pretty far into stabilizing this colony. I'm guessing that there are about 15-ish cats and kittens total and I'm really praying that there are no more mamas-to-be. A HUGE thank you to Everyone who has donated so far - whether you've donated dollars, traps, good energy, cat food, or anything else!! Donations can be sent to me at 3245 Silsby Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH 44118...
Take care, Everyone! I will keep you all updated on the socialization progress and please spread the word about these cats and kittens since we'll be looking for homes. Stephen told me that one of the cats comes up and rubs on his legs :)
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