I already had 6 cats, ALL adoptees, but when my neighbor was evicted by the bank, he left his cats behind. One was a long-haired black male (obviously not altered) and young, but he kept coming out of the bushes and going in my garage to eat the food I kept out there for my garage/barn cats. I didn't want to see a dozen or more little long-haired black kittens any time soon, so decided to catch him and take him in to be neutered. It took 2 weeks of patiently waiting with treats to get his confidence to approach and catch him. We took him in as a "stray/feral" to the mobile van that comes once a month and does reduced-cost spay/neuters. They said he was just under a year old. Got him neutered and vaccinated. They said he had to be kept in my house for 24 hours "post surgery"and he decided he liked it and wasn't leaving, so now, almost 3 years later, he's one of my 3 INSIDE cats. He's still "SPOOKY" but a real sweet guy and very affectionate, and he has no idea how LUCKY he is. After I got him, I saw his clone wandering around, half his face gone from something and haven't seen him now in almost a year, so pretty sure he never made it.

Diane Loran
LAKEBAY, WA