I've put off posting this for a couple of weeks because it is depressing, but the basic fact is that several of the neighbors are adamant that the feral colony go, so we must relocate them. I understand their reasons but it does not make it any easier.
There's about 15 cats in the colony. If we can't relocate them, they'll be euthanized.
The main caretaker has called around to the various rescue groups but of course they are all full and truthfully, I wouldn't expect any rescue group to use their limited resources on our feral cats. So we are looking for a farm (or two or three) or for people with large parcel(s) of land were they can be placed. Frankly, unless I hit the lottery in the next couple of months, I'm not holding my breath for a good outcome. Sorry, a bit of venting there.
If we do manage to find a relocation site, what steps should we take to make the cats more comfortable with the move and more amiable to staying at the new site(s)? We would transport with them the shelters that they currently use, so they would have that familiar piece of "home", but what else could we do to lessen the shock?
There's about 15 cats in the colony. If we can't relocate them, they'll be euthanized.
The main caretaker has called around to the various rescue groups but of course they are all full and truthfully, I wouldn't expect any rescue group to use their limited resources on our feral cats. So we are looking for a farm (or two or three) or for people with large parcel(s) of land were they can be placed. Frankly, unless I hit the lottery in the next couple of months, I'm not holding my breath for a good outcome. Sorry, a bit of venting there.
If we do manage to find a relocation site, what steps should we take to make the cats more comfortable with the move and more amiable to staying at the new site(s)? We would transport with them the shelters that they currently use, so they would have that familiar piece of "home", but what else could we do to lessen the shock?