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We recently bought a house near Burlison and Louisiana and there are these huge Juniper bushes in our back yard which haven't been trimmed for quite some time. I think there might be some feral cats living under there. I suspect feral cats because my dog & cat are stressed out about sumthin' in those bushes. My cat has been especially stressed since moving here: trying to get out, and particularly vigilant on that side of the house, that kind of thing. That, and this morning I looked out my kitchen window and saw a scraggly cat sauntering across the yard. Dunno if it was a stray, but it didn't look as though it belonged to anyone, kinda dirty and raggity, no collar.
We'll cut bushes back soon. But until then, are there any trap-neuter-release programs in Albuquerque? I tried Goggling it, but all I got were programs for neutering one's own pets and arguments for having such programs implemented (or keeping them, it wasn't clear). I found a link here in a 2009 thread, but it goes nowhere (error 409 - page doesn't exist). If there isn't a TNR program here, what's the best place to call for catching said cats? ASPCA? Humane Society? Different shelter? I'm still new-ish, and my guy just doesn't know about these things.
Lovely. Well, I guess when we cut the bushes back, they'll find somewhere else to roost. I don't have the wherewithal to rent traps or the physical resources to carry them around town for neutering... *sigh*
I'd suggest you call Animal Humane on Virginia St 255-5523 to see if they can help you with the situation. I think it's admirable that you're trying to help the feral kitties (and tragic that other people's carelessness & failure to neuter leads to this kind of suffering).
Meanwhile, I'd be sure to keep your pets away from the area to avoid possibility of communicable disease that vaccinations don't cover, like upper respiratory ailments and ringworm, that flourish in feral populations.
Animal Humane on Virginia is a good suggestion--we borrowed a cat trap from them a couple years ago and did our own TNR (well, they did the N part) on a feral cat in our neighborhood.
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