Kim and I helped Melanie TNR her Avondale colony just over two months ago. We trapped 17 cats in one weekend. That’s way too many cats, which is why Melanie contacted me. Five of those 17 cats are no longer on the street, including four kittens admitted to PAWS Chicago, and Cowbella, who is being… Read more »
We first met Cowbella, wobbling and weaving her way towards us, while trapping the Charlie Chaplin Colony 5am on a cold Saturday morning last fall. It was still pretty dark out so we weren’t sure what we were seeing. Cowbella walked as if she was drunk. We knew immediately something was wrong. We trapped… Read more »
These four kittens from the Charlie Chaplin Colony were scooped up by Melanie T. while while we were trapping the rest of the cats that she feeds back in October. They’ve been in foster care ever since, first with my friend Jennifer T., another feral cat colony caregiver in my Humboldt Park neighborhood, and… Read more »
The four kittens trapped from the Charlie Chaplin Colony last week are already in the admission process for PAWS Chicago’s adoption program. They just need to gain some weight and get fully vetted. Their first appointment for their vaccinations at PAWS is tomorrow, and we couldn’t be more proud of them! They are complete… Read more »
When we started TNR on the Charlie Chaplin Colony, Melanie told us about a mama cat and kittens. We trapped the mama cat, Katler, right away but let her go because we could see she was lactating and we weren’t sure if the kittens were completely weaned, or where they even were. Melanie… Read more »
On the second early morning of trapping the Charlie Chaplin Colony, Cowbella came wobbling and stumbling up to Melanie’s yard. Kim and I knew immediately something was wrong with her because of the way she was moving. Luckily, Cowbella pretty much went into a trap immediately because she was hungry. Kim took her straight… Read more »
Melanie emailed me mid-October looking for help for the cats on her block in Avondale. When I looked up her address I knew we HAD to help her – she lived just a few blocks from my rescue partner, Kim, and three other colonies we did this summer: the Big Daddy Colony, the Polska Kittens Colony, and… Read more »