All Bob's colony kitty-cats are fixed now! :-)
29 November 2015I just got this update from Bob and want to say huge THANK YOU to everyone who donated money and made possible to fix all kitties in the colony Bob is looking after! :-)
"Hi Ana,
As far as I can tell, all the strays are fixed or spayed for the time being in this area.
I must add you have really have saved 2015 for me, I was worried about the stray cats increasing in numbers.
You and your colleagues at Animal Rescue can be proud to have made such an enormous task so easy for me, also not to forget the many kind people and their donations that also made this possible. I am very humbled. One day who knows, I may be in a better financial position to help out as well. Animal Rescue Network really does make a difference. Many people are blind to the problems caused by stray animals as long as is it doesn't effect them, they don't want to know about it. I have also found that as I am involved in tending these stray animals people regard me as the problem and not the fact that I am trying to solve it. I know this by adverse comments I have heard.
One story of irresponsibility as an example goes back to Xmas 2012 when two pregnant females (identical you could hardly tell them apart) were dumped close to my place in the bush area. I know this because they were both tame and found me. One had her kittens in the local school roof and they were subsequently rescued by the SPCA, who had to call the Fire Department to get them out as they as they had got stuck in the walls of the school. However one of her kittens escaped from there, and yes, found me. That was one of the Males I captured and fixed a couple of weeks back, Zap. As for the sister, she had her kittens in the bush, which by this year turned into an extra 14 strays, with their breeding. This number has shrunk to 6 left through various means re-homing and so on. (with the help of my Neighbour). There are other similar stories I could relate.
A mention of the SPCA here, I did liaise with them regarding all the strays in my area on a couple of occasions when there was an influx in the kitten numbers, however it was the same with the SPCA and of course they were unable to accommodate any more. In discussions with them the outcome was that I would look out for these animals myself. The SPCA does a really good job and have been of great assistance in the past years. Of course in those days Animal Rescue was not about, (Established this year) I was very fortunate indeed to have been put in touch with you and a solution found to an ongoing problem.
Kind Regards Bob"
