Friday, August 31, 2007

Roosevelt Island Feral Cats


Feral cats on Roosevelt Island.
According to the Main Street Wire:

To some, the cats are beloved gardening companions with names and vivid personalities. To others, they are a nuisance – or worse. Now Island cats and the humans they charm or offend will benefit from an agreement reached by the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation and Island Cats, a recently formed rescue and adoption group, to trap, neuter and return the cats to live out their natural lives in their own managed colonies, the equivalent of extended families that keep intruders out, with human caretakers who feed and bring them water regularly and keep their food and wintering shelters clean. The Island initiative is part of a nationwide program called Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR).

3 comments :

Anonymous said...

TNR is the most humane way to deal with feral colonies. Way to go Roosevelt Islanders!

Anonymous said...

You guys make this too easy for me with posts like this.

Ok here it goes.

" Just what Roosevelt Island Needs More Wild Pu**y"

Monica McLaughlin said...

I am so happy for the cats. Last night I saw the feral cat house in South Point Park. Fantastic.