I do maintenance work on rental houses and at one of these houses in North Minneapolis there was an abandoned house across the alley from this house I did landscape and exterior work on. I noticed a neighbor lady would stop her car and bring something (food/water) up to the back porch area of this house where there was an opening under it. I soon found out there were 4 or 5 kittens living there. I mentioned to her once that they should go to a shelter etc. but, she didn't want to do this.
I thought that the house would be sold, remodeled or torn down but that has not happened yet. It has been almost a year now and the few times I have been back there, I have seen several cats run from garbage bins and flee to this same porch opening. So, I guess most or all survived and still live there....now almost completely feral I guess.
I am not in a position to do anything other than call animal control which I am hesistant to do at this time. I have not seen the 'rescue lady' yet and may not as I seldom go to that house anymore....
If I walked my neighborhood about dark I would see lots of strays and cats let 'out' for the evening. I'm guessing the cats I posted about have had or are having babies so a colony is probably in the making. One day someone will 'round em' up and they will be taken to animal control and likely be euthanized.
My question and comment is......should they have been dealt with when they were kittens? I think that would have been better but since I don't live in the neighborhood, I didn't think it was my place to stop this lady. It is not unusual for me to run across abandoned cats living in old garages, sheds, etc. At my house, I keep some sheltered areas in my yard and put out food for strays I know are in my neighborhood. My avatar, Clyde, was one of these a few years ago.
What do you think?
I thought that the house would be sold, remodeled or torn down but that has not happened yet. It has been almost a year now and the few times I have been back there, I have seen several cats run from garbage bins and flee to this same porch opening. So, I guess most or all survived and still live there....now almost completely feral I guess.
I am not in a position to do anything other than call animal control which I am hesistant to do at this time. I have not seen the 'rescue lady' yet and may not as I seldom go to that house anymore....
If I walked my neighborhood about dark I would see lots of strays and cats let 'out' for the evening. I'm guessing the cats I posted about have had or are having babies so a colony is probably in the making. One day someone will 'round em' up and they will be taken to animal control and likely be euthanized.
My question and comment is......should they have been dealt with when they were kittens? I think that would have been better but since I don't live in the neighborhood, I didn't think it was my place to stop this lady. It is not unusual for me to run across abandoned cats living in old garages, sheds, etc. At my house, I keep some sheltered areas in my yard and put out food for strays I know are in my neighborhood. My avatar, Clyde, was one of these a few years ago.
What do you think?