A litter of six newborn kittens, umbilical cords still attached, was found tied up in a garbage bag and thrown into a trash dumpster in Corona, Queens. A passerby heard their cries of distress and hit the Internet looking for help. The NYC Feral Cat Initiative of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals responded immediately. Our trapper arrived within minutes …
Onyx was found during a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) project late last year in Coney Island, Brooklyn. The six-month-old kitten was bleeding profusely, having sustained a recent stab wound to the eye. According to the veterinarians who treated her, the injury likely was the result of a deliberate act of cruelty Following emergency surgery, Onyx was on the mend. The NYC Feral …
Chocolate appeared in the backyard of a home in Great Neck on Long Island early in the winter. The homeowner began feeding Chocolate, and so he happily remained in the yard for several months. But when he showed up dragging his leg, hardly able to stand up, the homeowner, who only speaks Chinese, asked her daughter to contact the NYC …
A tiny one-day-old calico female kitten was found in the middle of the night by one of our trappers during a routine Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) project in the Bronx. She still had her umbilical cord attached, and was nestled between two dead older kittens from another litter. The mother cat was nowhere in sight. Cali was cold — a condition …
by Mike Phillips, NYC Feral Cat Initiative Chasing down feral kittens and grabbing them is always a bad idea, even when successful. The stress and anxiety for the kittens can take weeks for them to overcome. I imagine their instinct must convince the kittens that the person chasing them is set upon eating them. When that same person tries …
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