A Typical Feral Colony Story -- "Death of Loved Ones"

Mr. Smith dies. His wife of many years remains on the farm until she becomes too ill to care for herself. She moves to a nursing home. What happens to the farm? It sits, and sits, and sits, waiting for attention. As do the family's farm cats. Friends of Felines to the rescue.

The Bentley Farm Project has been one of our most challenging projects.   We were originally told there were approximately 25 cats on the property that needed rescuing.  The 25 turned out to be 45 adult cats and a dozen or so kittens. We, unfortunately, lost eight adults cats and five kittens because of exposure and/or lack of food.

Through the heroic efforts of volunteers, all of the cats have been trapped, spayed/neutered and either returned to the farm or adopted to good homes.  These volunteers have driven 22 miles every day to provide food and water.  In addition, volunteers spent over 150 hours trapping the cats.

The property owners graciously agreed to let Friends of Felines use an abandoned chicken coop as shelter for the cats.  Volunteers spent eight hours cleaning out the building and removing foliage from the outside.  Pictured below are photos of the outside of the building before, the outside and inside after cleanup. Since there is no heat, the walls and ceiling were insulated and the shelving was carpeted to provide warmth in the winter. All the materials and labor to complete this project were donated by volunteer members.

Friends of Felines has spent thousands of dollars in food and medical expenses on the Bentley Project. 

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