Quite serious, yes.
In the beginning there were 27 I counted up the hill at the main barn back in 1994 thanks to irresponsible neighbors that did not get their cat speyed.
Long sad story about making a deal with local veterinarian, running the lot through his facility, and eliminating eleven upon testing positive for Feline Leukemia in which we were left with 16 speyed and neutered cats. Now down to 13 as the elders have passed on.
The RQSRanch family has always been suckers for critters.