Feral Night Cat Trapper Rescue

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I do not take in cats from the general public. I do NOT trap ferals for removal. I love cats but I'm not a slave for cat haters or for irresponsible people who have fed cats but not fixed them until there are many. FIX YOUR CATS, People. I have extremely limited resources. BE KIND PLEASE! Click the Adoptable Cats link and check out the great cats up for adoption. Watch the above video and help find Blueberry a great home. Her four siblings, all born in a junkpile along a road in Lebanon, have been adopted. Blueberry went to Heartland in Corvallis and was there a month, adopted out, and then returned a month later for unknown reasons. Heartland returned her to me. . They were a little old to take in as outside born kittens but the other option was to leave kittens on the street. Please spread the word about Blueberry. She's funny, dramatic, and very fluffy! Indoor only home sought as always. The adjustment is so much easier if you have someone you already love with you. That's why I hope to find homes willing to adopt pairs of bonded cats together. Is so much easier on the cats going to new homes. And, on you!.

UPDATE ON POPPA INC. My mission, rounding up and fixing cats, has ended. Yes, I am devastated, but unbelievably grateful for Poppa Inc's funding, over the years, giving me a reason to get out of bed, a way to help, and for fixing thousands upon thousands of mid valley cats I have rounded up, usually between 800 and 1000 every year. Thank you Poppa Inc. for saving me, by giving me a purpose, and for saving thousands of cats and warping the future beautifully, by preventing milllions of unwanted cats from being born to suffer and die. THANK YOU POPPA INC. FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART! YOU SAVED ME! Please don't forget about me and the cats here. Both myself and Poppa Incs' president, have ended up with lots of cats, who had no options. Poppa's president will continue a side track venture, as a nonprofit, trying to set up a sanctuary for the unwanteds up there. My greatest Christmas is that people would donate tons of money to Poppa Inc., designating it go to Poppa's presidents sanctuary. She does care for two dozen mid valley unwanteds already, without a lot of financial help. Smother her in donations to help. Would make me so happy! I could use help in the form of a truckload of good quality cat food, too! I have been the recipient of a grand blessing--a life, a mission and a way to fulfill it. Poppa Inc. gave me all that. I am eternally grateful.Click here to go to their website. Tell them THANK YOU too!

Adopting a friend

Call or e-mail us and tell us something about yourself and your home and what you are looking for in a cat. It is important to match the right cat with you and your situation. For example, it's tough for many adult cats to adjust to a completely new environment. This can take time and patience. They have been through trauma and left all things familiar, including friends and maybe family members, behind. This is hard. In addition, most cats benefit from being adopted in bonded pairs. It's not as scary to go to a new place if your friend or brother goes with you! After we talk on the phone, we will then e-mail you an adoption application and schedule an appointment for you to meet the cats. These cats have all either been born feral or been abandoned. Some are shy. To ease their transition to a new home, it can be easier on you and on the cat if they are adopted with a family member or friend. Remember going to a new place is stressful on a cat, and stress can reduce a cat's immune system. Underwhelm a new kitty for a couple of weeks, providing them a small quiet room. Catnip and play also help. Due to the extreme dangers faced by free roaming cats, from cars, dogs, and predators, we now only adopt to indoor only homes. Adoption fee is $30 for a fixed rescued kitten or cat.

Do you have an imagination? Then, think of all the terrible things that WON'T happen, if you get one cat fixed. Think of all the kittens who won't be born, won't be handed out to people who let those kittens have kittens. Think of pregnant moms who won't be dumped along a road, of all the kittens who won't be put in a box in a ditch, of all the cats sitting in shelters hoping for homes who will get a home, because you got a cat fixed way back. Think of shelters and rescues with no money and cats sitting in carriers everywhere and then undo that, dissolve that completely, rewind backwards, because you got a cat fixed somewhere way back. It's an unbelievable power you have to make the future better! If you want to make a significant difference for cats in Oregon, get a cat fixed. You'll change the world for cats.

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Partial List of Colonies Trapped and Colony Numbers to Give you an Idea of How Many Cats are out there In Dire Need of Fixing and Homes

Ten adult cats fixed from Waterloo. Many were undernourished and all were full of tapeworms, so badly infested I paid out of pocket for four to receive droncit injections to treat tapeworms and a clinic volunteer came up with money to pay for the other six to receive injections. Many of these cats had been dumped off along the rural road.

13 Adult cat fixed, 17 kittens removed so farfrom one Lebanon situation. Seven more kittens to rehome, two more adults to catch to be fixed. KATA took in four of the kittens while Heartland took in 13 of them.

67 cats and kittens fixed so far, from a colony in N. Albany. I have removed 23 kittens to try to find them better lives. Please fix your cats!

10 cats/kittens fixed so far fed by Lebanon man, all females abandoned by neighbors and their offspring. The man intervened for one female who was being thrown in the air by a neighbor boy, who would then try to hit her with a bat on the way down. When those people moved, they left behind at least three cats, in addition to their cruelty.

18 adult cats fixed, 18 kittens removed from around an old woman's home in Lebanon. Four of the 18 cats caught also were kittens, whom I rehomed after they were fixed.

18 cats fixed, 8 kittens removed from a home near Lebanon. Some of the cats were living in their attic!

6 Adult Cats Fixed so far from a down town Albany colony. One Siamese mother had four kittens. The woman feeding took in one. A neighbor got one, then gave him away. The other two, both tabby boys, including Born in a Boat Brutus, came here and then were adopted.

10 Cats Fixed, 3 kittens removed from a N. Albany situation I was asked to help with. The 4th kitten, an orange tabby, is missing in action and I hope he is not dead. His mother is fixed and returned, his siblings (Nemo and Starry) are still here, awaiting homes.

8 Cats fixed living under and around a rural trailer. Four more to catch there. UPDATE: the woman moved and abandoned these cats.

23 adults fixed so far, 18 kittens located, removed, from colony on outskirts of Lebanon. At least 2 more adults left to catch for fixing. Slurpy, one of the 18 kittens, is still waiting for a home. She is a delightful torti.UPDATE: 44 cats in total were fixed from this situation.

30 cats fixed, 7 kittens/1 adult removed from Lebanon trailer park.

10 Cats at Sprite Oldies colony in Albany. Two amazing 86 year olds, catching cats they feed, showing more determination, involvement and dedication than most much younger people I help.

6 cats at Doomed Adair colony. These included three feral adult kittens of an abandoned mom, and three tame abandoned cats. The latter three all tested positve for FIV, a disease primarily spread through fighting unfixed males. One was euthanized but Big Ben and Adair, tame, loving and healthy FIV positive boys, are with Poppa's president, safe, happy, NEUTERED and hoping for homes. UPDATE: Adair has died from cancer related to his FIV positive status.

27 Seed Warehouse Cats At the request of a local seed company, I trapped 27 cats in their warehouses. 20 of the 27 were females. The colony would have exploded this spring. UPDATE: I returned and caught 9 more cats there to be fixed, including a Siamese, who gave birth to kittens inside the trap. Two of the survivors were adopted out in Portland, by another rescue. Feral Siamese mom returned to her warehouse after her kittens were weaned and her spay, to her friends and family there.

38 Homeless Camp cats and kittens. At the request of homeless campers, I began getting cats fixed at a homeless camp. I've trapped 38 so far just this time around. I'd trapped ten there in late 2007 and four others in summer 2007. Of the 52 cats I've trapped to be fixed in that one camp since 2007, I have taken out 32 of them to new homes. I still have 3 homeless camp cats here awaiting homes. Check out Teddy, Honey, and Starr.

33 Cat Trailer: 33 cats living on one old woman's trailer porch in Albany. KATA took in 10 of the kittens and one mother cat, whose six kittens had just been born.

HTN Colony: 95 cats fixed, on two short streets in Albany. Many were owned, and I consider getting them fixed, good feral prevention. Brambles originates from this colony and is still here, awaiting a home.

BS Colony: 145 cats fixed on one dead end street off highway 20. Half of these cats were tame. I rehomed about 40 of these cats over a year's time. Shady, Mops and Buffy originate from this colony and remain here, awaiting homes.

These are only a fraction of the situations I've addressed. There are so many more out there and to get them "fixed" takes buckeroos and volunteers, too. Consider making that donation to Poppa Inc.! (thank you)

Linn County has too many cats. Sheltering cats and kittens is a wonderful thing, but sheltering helps only a fraction of the cats out there in need. In Oregon, about 25, 000 cats are killed in shelters every year. Shelters are after the fact. They don't prevent overpopulation, they house a fraction of its aftermath. Better to prevent the problem in the first place. The most efficient effective use for donations is in high volume spay/neuter. You can also help by NOT being part of the overpopulation problem. Get your cat fixed immediately! Make sure your neighbors get their cats fixed, also.

Mid Valley Oregon spay neuter help options

For feral cats, Click here to go to the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon's website and make an appointment at one of their clinics. You can also make an appointment and get feral, stray or barn cats fixed at their easy to use Portland clinic. Get it done! Do it! Other options: The Wag clinic in Eugene offers low cost spay neuter for cats, kittens, feral cats, dogs and puppies. So does Willamette Humane, the Salem shelter, at their spay neuter clinic. Oregon spay neuter coupons are available to lower the cost of spay neuter significantly. Many area vets accept them, like Rivers Edge and Reed Veterinary in Albany. Safehaven, an Albany shelter, offers spay neuter vouchers for $20, up to four per year. There is no excuse left to not fix those cats! Get Involved!

If you are feeding feral cats, TRAP them Now.

(Before one or two, turn into a colony of 30 or 40)

If You Feed Them, They're Your Cats. Fix Them

Feral cats are offspring of strays. Strays are abandoned or lost house cats. Feral cats are the direct result of humans who do not fix their housepets, then abandon or dump their cats or their cats offspring. The key to feral cat reduction is to reduce the irresponsible behavior of some human pet owners. Without any human intervention, feral and stray cats are doomed to live short, miserable lives producing litter after litter of kittens who will experience the same fate. Trapping these cats, neutering and vaccinating them, then returning them to their own territory is the only effective method of helping. This method of population control is called "TNR" (trap/neuter/return). The cats are provided with shelter and food and the colony is monitored for new arrivals, to prevent the cycle from starting all over again.

If you are feeding stray cats in your backyard or place of business, trap them NOW and have them neutered before they reproduce.

I do not trap cats or help people who do not want the cats returned. If you need information on programs or clinics that fix ferals in our area, email me and request that information. One person cannot solve the overpopulation problem alone.

One means to reduce feral populations is to fix house pets, especially in areas where abandonment rates are high. Unfixed abandoned house cats start feral colonies. In such notorious areas, landlords could certainly better their communities by maintaining a fixed pet only rental policy and strictly enforcing it. Click here, to learn more about TNR and feral cats.. Alley Cat Allies can provide a wealth of information.Click here to visit the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon's website where you can find their clinic schedule, and find FCCO clinic numbers, to register feral cats for fixing at any of their clinics.

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 News

Feral Night Cat Trapper Rescue wants YOU to FIX your PETS! Every spay prevents an incredible amount of suffering. Thank you to Elaine of Canada for her donations of cat food to help mid valley cats waiting for homes. Thank you to Terri of Corvallis who donated a large sum to Poppa Inc., so spay neuter in the mid valley can continue. Thank you to Midori of Ridgefield, WA, for her continued support. Thank you to Heartland for help with testing cats waiting for homes and courtesy listing some of the ones here on their website. I'm sure I've left someone out. I didn't do so intentionally, that's for sure! Shelter wish list: MONEY to fix more cats. BADLY NEEDED: Wet cat food, to feed cats and for use as trap bait! Advantage flea treatment. Strongid and Droncit (wormers).High quality dry cat food. Revolution for flea, roundworm and earmite treatment.. Wood pellet fuel, to use for cat litter. Volunteers! to foster cats, socialize cats, create and post adoption fliers.

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Feral Night Cat Trapper Rescue


Albany, OR 97322
Phone: 541-928-2543

Email: bluestray@yahoo.com
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