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  1. We don’t have a large population of feral cats here, maybe because we have so many birds of prey and other predators. Kittens without a house to stay in might not survive very long, so the ferals die out. But when we lived in Los Angeles, there were lots and lots of them. We didn’t approach them–really, the cats are not approachable unless you’ve got superpowers–but we did see them, and notice the individuals among them.

    We knew we would not be staying too long at our first apartment, so we kept many of our moving boxes on our patio, which was small and walled in with cinderblocks. Not a pleasant place to sit or to eat. One of the ferals gave birth in one of the boxes. She wouldn’t let us anywhere near the kittens, and one by one, they died. I don’t know why. All her kittens died, and this happened two or three times in the two years we lived there. It was very sad. She always came back to that box to have her babies. I don’t know where she had them after we left. Or before we came, for that matter.

    I’m so glad you are helping the kitties.

  2. I’m such a proponent of TNR. We used to have an overly abundant feral population where I live. TNR has reduced the population. There’s a semi-feral cat that I let in sometimes. She’s become kind of my cat, but she does insist on going outside, and if I try to keep her in, she streaks out around my feet when I go out. Fortunately, I live in a fairly quiet area although at night there are owls, raccoons, and the occasional coyote, and that is worrisome.
    I’m visiting from the A to Z list.