It is rather striking to discover how many ‘from away conservatives’ are involved with helping out with the shelters and assorted cat colonies around this region. My charges are spoiled...they get treats like tuna and ‘Greenies’. Unusual to see ferals/abandoned cats come running when the goodie wagon pulls up.
Ours are very spoiled, too. When we noticed that a small colony was gathering at our rural house, we finally did TNR on all of them. Then some dangerous critters (raccoons, coyotes, a bobcat) appeared, so we brought the ferals inside. There are six, and they’re a handful, but at least we don’t worry about them. Sweet, sweet kitties.