Animal lovers are trying to catch and find homes for a bunch of stray cats living in a construction area. From NBC 10 TV:
A wild cat roundup is occurring in Philadelphia that has animal lovers trying to catch at least 70 cats and kittens caught in the middle of a new construction project.The major construction project is near the Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia. It involves a tiny plot of land with trees and brush that remains untouched because it is the home of a colony of cats.
However, cat lovers are worried sick about their furry friends.
Almost every day for the past five years, Elaine has set out food for the 70 cats that call this overgrown thicket home.
"It's a labor of love. It's a compulsion," she says.
She's captured some cats, and she tries to have them neutered
The activists say the population has been there for probably 40 years, and it would be tragic if the cats were plowed under and killed.
That's not going to happen, insists the company behind all this development.
"The difficulties they've had, they haven't been able to move the cats in the time frame they'd like to, so we have to step in and help them," says Greg Reaves of the Goldenberg Group.
The activists also say the cats have been fed for so long that most would die if they were relocated to the wild.
The cat lovers are searching for volunteers to help them safely trap the kitties and they're searching for a new location the cats can call home.
If you'd like to help, call (215) 338-1414.