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Flatbush Cats is Tackling the Street Cat Problem in New WaysThere are an estimated half a million cats living on the streets of New York City. Flatbush Cats is an organization that tries to do something about the feral cats, stray cats, and kittens in Brooklyn. Flatbush Cats coordinates and army of TNR (trap-neuter-release) volunteers to keep feral cats from multiplying. They also capture kittens and socialized strays in order to find them homes. But there are more problems that keep cats on the streets. People are willing to adopt cats, but are often unable to afford spaying and other veterinary care, which leads to more kittens and abandoned cats left to fend for themselves on the streets. So Flatbush Cats is launching a new initiative to open a veterinary clinic specifically to serve street cats, shelter cats, and families with low incomes in order to spay and neuter cats and help them recover from the dangers of street life.

Their New Property Came with 16 CatsThree years ago, Emily and Dylan bought a 15-acre farm and named it Freedom Farmhouse. The house came with an interesting history you can read here. There were 16 feral barn cats living on the grounds that the previous owner could not capture. It wasn't a dealbreaker, as they had dogs and Emily was already fostering homeless puppies. She didn't know much about cats, though. With time and treats they were able to make friends with the colony.

A Terrified Cat Learns to Trust Her Foster MomStacia is a baker. When the pandemic lockdown began, she decided to become a cat foster mother in order to have a companion at home. What she got was quite different. Gia was a feral cat living in a trash dump. She was placed with Stacia for fostering, which was supposed to be temporary. But Gia was traumatized and extremely scared of people. She hid under the couch for months, only coming out at night and avoiding Stacia like the plague.

Hissing 'Panda Cat' Goes From Scared To CuddlebugWhen most people go to a shelter to adopt a cat, they select one who is friendly, cuddly, and relatively well-behaved. That's bad for the "problem cats": ferals, strays, sick and injured cats, and those rescued from abusive homes. These cats don't trust humans, and can't compete with other cats. That's where foster humans come in, the generous folks who spend their time socializing problem cats ...just to relinquish them to a permanent home when they've succeeded. Jali Henry is one of those cat foster moms, who bond with cats and then send them on their way to make room for another problem cat. In this video, she patiently deals with Jack until he settles down into a happy house cat. You can follow Jack, now named Dipper, at Instagram.#cat #adoption #feralcat #catfosterparent