the cat situation, part 1

the cat story for us goes something like this....

in march, 2005, a year or so after we moved to our home, we began noticing little "gifts" left by a neighborhood animal. these smelly gifts started to show up on our lawn more and more regularly. they were small and always uniform in size. for a while, we thought they were from dog turds. but these were much smaller than your average dog turd - but not quite as small as rodent feces. and how would dogs be getting into our gated backyard?

around the same time, we began noticing 2-3 cats paroling our yard. they'd scurry away as we pulled into the driveway or walked out to our backyard. there was an orange one - more shy and timid. and there was a black one - the ring leader. we finally realized it was indeed the cat(s) from next door who were leaving special deliveries on our property.

the poo situation got worse. every week, I'd have about one shovel-full of dried-up cat doo-doo to toss out before I could mow the lawn. we decided something needed to be done.

the purpose of this blog is to document the humane capture of 1-3 neighborhood felines that stink up our yard on a regular basis, with the intent of turning them in to the local Humane Society. this blog will hopefully have a defined, happy ending....