Several years ago, there were a number of feral cats on one of the islands off the Southern California coast. As part of an effort to remove all non-native species, the National Park Service (which owns the island) was just going to hire a hunter to shoot them as they had previously done with the wild pigs.
A number of cat lovers persuaded the NPS to let them try to rescue the cats. The NPS said OK as long as they raised all the money privately. The plan was that they would build a shelter to permanently house the cats that were too wild to move to permanent homes. So, they built the shelter, captured all the cats and brought them in. The cats were graded from 1 to 6, based on how wild they wer thought to be. Kittens were 1, and the most feral were sixes. Well, … after less than a year, half of the cats had already been adopted, none of the rest were graded lower than three, and all were expected to find homes relatively soon. I believe they donated the building to a local animal shelter.
Several years ago, there were a number of feral cats on one of the islands off the Southern California coast. As part of an effort to remove all non-native species, the National Park Service (which owns the island) was just going to hire a hunter to shoot them as they had previously done with the wild pigs.
A number of cat lovers persuaded the NPS to let them try to rescue the cats. The NPS said OK as long as they raised all the money privately. The plan was that they would build a shelter to permanently house the cats that were too wild to move to permanent homes. So, they built the shelter, captured all the cats and brought them in. The cats were graded from 1 to 6, based on how wild they wer thought to be. Kittens were 1, and the most feral were sixes. Well, … after less than a year, half of the cats had already been adopted, none of the rest were graded lower than three, and all were expected to find homes relatively soon. I believe they donated the building to a local animal shelter.