The Beginning – Over a decade ago a fellow employee, knowing I was a trap-neuter-return feral cat advocate, asked me if I knew about the elderly lady that was feeding all the feral cats not far from our work place. Upon investigation I discovered that indeed a very elderly lady was feeding about 30 cats on her tiny stoop about three feet off the street right in the middle of a medical office compound. Of course none of the cats had been fixed or vaccinated so over the next year my friend and I trapped all the cats and got them fixed and vaccinated. My friend and I would periodically check on this lady and her cats and for the next year all was well. Unfortunately, the elderly lady was suddenly taken ill and within a few days was taken to a nursing home. Her landlord decided this was the opportune time to get rid of all the cats and he informed us that they were no longer to be fed on his property. No amount of attempting to educate or talking to this man would change his mind. For the next two weeks we fed cats under bushes, on the sidewalks, and in the sewers, constantly meeting objections from every office owner in the compound. Finally, one Saturday morning as we were again trying to find a place to feed all these cats, a gruff, no nonsense gentleman approached us and demanded to know what we were doing. We thought "oh no, here comes yet another cat hater". We explained to the gentleman that we were trying to find a place for a feeding station. It turned out that he owned the adjoining property behind the apartment where the elderly lady had lived for many years. He was familiar with all these cats because he had been watching them being fed for a long time. He informed us in no uncertain terms that we could put a feeding station and anything thing else needed for the care of the cats on his property and if his neighbors did not like it then it was too darn bad- our HERO!!!!!

Finally, there were just two cats left. Amazingly one was an original mama cat and one of her offspring. The offspring over the years had become quite tame and our HERO decided to make him an office cat. He is now living the life of Riley inside enjoying all the love and attention of the office staff.

That left "The Last Cat" Everyday this little old calico cat would be sitting all alone in the parking lot waiting for me. Being a crazy cat lady, this was totally unacceptable so I decided to trap her and bring her to my home to live out her days. Easier said then done. She was very feral and had not survived out there all those years being a dummy. It took a month of wild life cameras, very early mornings, very late nights and a variety of traps before I finally caught her.