This morning, I stopped by the storage yard where we recently TNR all the cats but four males. Chris was worried when I drove up and said she was just about ready to call me. Last night quite late (she keeps odd hours) she saw shadows moving outside. She went out to see what is going on and she saw two women crouched down by the outside of the fence pouring cat food on the ground outside the fence! She yelled at them and challenged what they were doing. They jumped into a waiting car and fled.
She took me over to where the woman were piling food. It is directly behind several large farm machines and out of sight from the motor home . They had also taken and stretched the fencing out from the base, so when an unsuspecting cat did come to eat- it would be outside of the fence and easy prey for whatever is planned for it. 🙁
I suspect they are up to no good for several reasons- first they are working only after midnight- second they are making sure that all the piles (we found 8 total) are behind some equipment, or some weeds where they can hide from the two caretakers.
I told Chris to get her husband to drive rebar into the wire to refasten the fence and we both scooped up the food piles and threw them away. I left her with more dry food and told her to start overfeeding the clowder so that none of them want anything extra to eat.
Don’t tell me to call the police, I will tell your right now, they won’t care. Short of taking the food in to be tested to see if it poisoned, Chris has no idea why these two ladies are doing this but she fears they are up to no good.
There are a lot of cats in this colony and they “look” like kittens but they aren’t. They are genetically stunted from inbreeding because Chris couldn’t find anyone who gave a darn about helping her get them fixed until I came along. Then thanks to the Kitty Angel Team who helped trap these cats- all of them (save four) have been fixed. I suggested they take some of the bigger boulders in the yard and pile them along the fenceline to stop this foolishness. I just hope no cat suddenly vanishes overnight.
They may be well-meaning, but ignorant. I would put up a sign just to let them know that these cats are part of a managed colony, they are all fed and vetted and cared for, thank you for your concern. Maybe also leave a contact number if they have any questions…
Oh, wow! What a great ending! So happy for Magic and his owner!
I hope everyone who read the initial entry today will see your followup comment! Can you update the original?
I am smiling ear-to-ear right now!
I just made a new post. 🙂
I agree with Casey. They probably don’t know these cats are being cared for. Where I live, cats are a hot topic and one is better to take care of them on the sly rather than out front in the open. The less cat haters see, and the less local government sees, the better.