Back in June we met the owner of a Polish restaurant in Avondale feeding three feral female cats. They would wait outside the back door in the alley for their meals. We are calling this the Polska Kittens Colony. It is the next alley over from the Big Daddy Colony. She fed them raw… Read more »
Simon is ready for his second appointment at PAWS Chicago tomorrow. We are hoping he will be admitted into their adoption program. Our friend Elissa, owner of Rockstar Pets, has fostered him for the past few weeks. He’s been playing and eating non-stop the entire time. He needed vetting for URI, but appears to be completely healthy… Read more »
I’m happy to report that four of the orange creamsicle kittens were admitted to PAWS Chicago’s adoption program! Phoenix, Rascal, Oscar and Bosco all graduated from Robin’s Fischer School of Feral Feline Socialization. Robin has been fostering kittens for us for awhile now and we are so grateful to her. This couldn’t be done… Read more »
The six creamsicle kittens trapped a few weeks ago in Avondale are thriving in Robin’s home. We are so thankful to her for fostering and socializing these boys! And keeping track of all of them. She keeps sending us photos, but they look so much alike. Bert and Ernie are mostly white with orange fur. And… Read more »
When I first started talking to Kim a few months ago about all of the cats she was seeing in her colony and neighborhood of Avondale, I was determined to help her mostly because of a cat named Big Daddy. Her Big Daddy Colony is named after him to honor his memory. Big Daddy… Read more »
Reese is a former stray cat now fully vetted and available for adoption. He is FIV+ and recovered from illness and bite wounds. He is a total lover and enjoying the indoors. Just look at those cheeks! Reese was trapped in Avondale along with a whole bunch of other colony cats at once. After his… Read more »
Gringa, a TNR’d colony cat, was found dead outside Saturday by the Avondale alley we are trapping in. Gringa was a beautiful cat already TNR’d by Erica from PAWS before we started this project. Gringa was being fed regularly by George, a man who drives from somewhere else to feed in this alley twice a day…. Read more »
We think Maribella is the mama cat to at least some of the kittens being fostered from the Avondale TNR Project. In true mama cat-like fashion, she’s been very hard to trap. George, the feeder there, will not stop feeding, so that doesn’t help either. In fact, there’s been a lot of things happening… Read more »
Cats #19 and #20 trapped from the Avondale TNR Project ended up belonging to a neighbor that lets all of their pet cats outside. Panther was trapped last week and taken to PAWS where she received their TNR package, including spay surgery, ear tipping, microchip, vaccinations, and parasite treatments. She was also acting friendly… Read more »
Ivan is the second cat that has died since we started the Avondale TNR Project. With every TNR project of this size – here we are talking about estimates of 50 cats within three blocks – there are always inevitably sad endings along with the happy ones. Ivan was trapped and taken to the clinic… Read more »