Letters: ADDRESSING FERAL CAT PROBLEM
Thursday, April 24, 2008
We are introducing a spay/neuter program for all of Gloucester City's feral felines and, with the help of the public, we would like to stop the overpopulation of our feral feline friends.
Through many countless hours of phone calls, etc. the Gloucester City Feral Feline Committee (GCFFC) has discovered there is no easy solution. The only humane way to slow down the expansion of the feral cats is through a Trap Neuter Return (TNR) Program.
This is being designed with the goal that we will eventually have a feral cat colony, where they will be able to live out their lives in peace as originally intended.
Make no mistake, it will not be in Gloucester City.
But, it will be a magical place to take all the abandoned, mistreated, and downright neglected animals that we used to call our pets. The GCFFC calls to you, our neighbors, to support us in this large endeavor. You ask how?
We need volunteers to help with a number of things; people with a pickup truck and one day a month available, others any vehicle with a couple of hours to spare, aside from financial contributions that are needed. We can use any of the following: flashlights w/batteries, gardening or work gloves, towels (hand size on up), chucks, guinea pig water bottles, sheets, blankets, canned cat food, but most of all the support of everyone.
A special thanks to all of those involved last month: Mayor William James John Schmidt, Deborah Miller, Joe Hartzel, Nick, J., Donna, Nicky, the Kid Crew, Bowie, Pete, Dianne, Camden County Animal Shelter, Desi and in loving memory of Jason.
For information call at GCFFC at 456-3936. Thanks,
Denise Rosenberg, GCFFC members