Property managers there have "asked business owners not to feed" the cats and the business owners are quoted as stating that they have stopped. Apparently, the public will come by to feed this colony, which no one interviewed in the article seems to appreciate. Ugh.
The article doesn't say so explicitly, but the implication is that IF the property owners make a formal complaint about the colony, steps will be taken to remove the colony. Which, for free roaming cats, usually means trap and euthanize. Ugh.
I was encouraged to hear that the antique store owners were feeding the colony and had many trapped and sterilized. If LBT is there, hopefully, s/he was one of the ones TNR'd. I was discouraged to read that they have stopped their efforts to manage the colony. The expense to do so is certainly valid, but frustrating to hear nonetheless as I know of several resources that may have helped. Sigh.
After several visits to this area since I lost LBT, I have never seen a cat, or any signs of cats. After reading this, I'm afraid it is because they have been removed or (hopefully) moved on to another feeding area. It seems the odds of coming across LBT on one of my visits are ever diminishing. Sigh.
Yet this does not mean that I will stop going to look. In fact, I have a new area to search. I have yet to drive over to the section where the antique store is. It is far from where LBT escaped, but certainly well within the range of a feral cat's wanderings. I may be pulling off the highway to search less frequently in the coming months, but I will not stop looking. There is still hope.
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