A colony of feral cats in Brooklyn is looked after by Basia Zamorska and Elizabeth Newsom. She has been asked to stop looking after them. Read here about their cat rescue work with the colony and why they need your help.
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Keep up the good work Basia x
With thanks for all Basia’s help when FatClov was ill.
Keep your chin up Basia - we’re all rooting for you xxx
Wow, i know you said that there was a real problem with stray cats near you (and confess to being horrified when you said you had to protect them around halloween), but now you seem to be up against beaurocratic nastiness as well. Good luck sweetie, clever idea to set up this petition xx
Jase
Vano here, hang in fella! Hard cat vibes to you in the US of A from the Staffordshire Tigers UK.
Respect
Ivan
Not to be outdone by the Tiger, Basia keep going, and tell whoever it is to get lost. Tell them that Mustardland is behind you and to be afraid, very afraid!
Davina and Looby
Davina’s boys here, what our mom and uncle has said. Uncle Ivan was a stray and we would like all stray puddty cats to have a happy life. Well done Bash for going out night after night to rescue our NY brothers.
The byouys
good luck
Good luck and thanks for the work you do for these kitties!
when the cats go, the rats will proliferate. It is a fact.
Please help these cats survive! To be told to stop feeding is evil and sick minded and self serving.
Why cant people stop making problems and help others who help the innnocent who have no voice to defend themselves.
please help these animals.
We had a rabbit problem. Our garden was decimated. Two cats soon kept the problem under control. Feral cats are not evil - they are a better solution to a rat problem than poison - and to say their food is attracting rats is - I am sure - nonsense, as a rat woudn’t voluntarily go near a cat which it would have to do if it is near their food
Trap-Neuter-Return is the best way to control feral cat populations, and this is what Basia is doing. The neighborhood is very lucky to have such dedicated colony caretakers who manage the situation. Without them, there would be much more roaming, noise, fighting, MORE CATS, sick cats, etc. The problems that the neighbors are objecting to would be much, much worse.
Thank you Basia!
good luck kitties
T-N-R works. The caretakers who have trapped, neutered, feed, and shelter these animals have controlled the population. Feral cats do not bother anybody. Please allow these very responsible people to continue to feed these poor animals.
Good Luck guys hope this helps the kitty Cats
Simply not taking care of these cats is NOT a solution. They are not going to just go away. By not caring for this colony, without TNR work being done, instead of the colony decreasing in size through attrition, it will GROW in size due to unspayed or neutered cats multiplying like crazy. Also, if they are not cared for, many can become sick and cause REAL problems.
PLEASE. Reconsider this action.
REALLY SICK..SHOW YOU’RE WORTH MORE THAN SPACE AND SAVE A LIFE……YOU MIGHT THINK IT WAS WORTH WHEN YOUR TIME COMES…….THINK ABOUT IT….
TNR Works!
TNR has been shown repeatedly to be the best method for controlling feral cats. Please allow it to work.
In inner cities the presence of cats discourages the presence of rats. Please allow Basia & Elizabeth to continue their stirling work.
I’m gobsmacked! Here we have 2 responsible citizens performing a priceless service - and mindless bureaucracy tries to stop them.
Of course rats are not encouraged by the presence of cats - just the contrary! And a colony of neutered , cared-for cats will prevent others from moving in, which is what WILL happen if these moggies are …….well, what,exactly? To expect good people to simply allow any animal to starve is inhumane and despicable.
This colony of cats is neutered and well cared for. To stop caring for them is cruel and will result in an increase in the number of rats in the area. Please allow Basiz and Elizabeth to continue their work.
I also do rescue work in East Harlem and have numerous problems with the tenants in re to feeding my colonies. THe people have threatened me and also threatened to hurt the cats or remove them. There needs to be a law protecting these colonies or what good is TNR if at some point the people want the cats removed or won’t let us feed. I informed Neighborhood Cats about my problem and would you believe no one can help.
Why can’t the Mayor’s Office do something since the TNR program is associated with them.
We should be applauding and thanking these people for their compassion towards vulnerable creatures. We wish you all the best.
i looked at the photos and thought since there were only 7 cats left there, why wouldn’t you relocate them to a barn or sanctuary. . do you have winter shelters there for them?
if u get threatened by anyone for feeding your neutered cats…that is a crime…also, post signs all around stating if anyone poisons or harms these neutered cats…that is a crime with a fine….
please help these innocent creatures from harm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@debera
I would love to relocate them to a barn or elsewhere but I don’t at the moment know anyone who can take them. Relocating ferals is a very delicate process that takes months and it would have to be somehere that one of us can get to easily to check on them. It would be a wonderful miracle if someone stepped forward and offered their property for us.
If we fail to be granted permission to continue feeding them, we will remove them. Its not by choice, beleieve me, that we will have to put them in cages, its because both Elizabeth and I have too many cats at home already and can’t just let them intergrate immediately without being tested twice.
Dr Pierson has commented that relocation is not a humane option, and I agree. JT and his babes are happy there; its all they know. I mean, they do roly polys for me. I can’t bear to think of them without me or E to take proper care of them.
Feral cats have as much right to life as anyone else. The ladies who are feeding them are doing a great service. How can anyone think that cats are bringing rats? It’s in a cat’s nature to kill rats and mice - that’s how they came to be domesticated in the first place thousands of years ago. To keep the rat and mice population down.
Do not refuse permission for the ladies to feed them. Please.