Grand ForksB次元官网网址� Kimberly Feeny rescued seven cats from a rural Grand Forks property Friday, Nov. 27.

Twenty cats had been living in a feral colony there, a brood loosely watched over by a well-meaning homeowner who started feeding a pair of abandoned cats three years ago. Feeny said she will return to the property to rescue the remaining 13 cats at a later date.

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Feeny has been fostering local kitties and placing them in forever homes in Grand Forks and neighbouring Castlegar and Nelson because Grand Forks doesnB次元官网网址檛 have a proper cat shelter.

B次元官网网址淧eople seem to think that domestic cats can just fend for themselves outside as if they were wild, and thatB次元官网网址檚 just not true,B次元官网网址� she said.

Feeny, who works with the Kootenay Animal Assistance Program (KAAP), is sheltering, feeding, cleaning and generally loving her foster cats in a heated trailer outside her home, where she said she keeps cats of her own. The rescues are recovering from eye infections Feeny said are common among outdoor cats who live in a large colonies.

Her friend Lisa Valenta was busy administering the catsB次元官网网址� eye drops when The Grand Forks Gazette turned up Friday afternoon. Feeny had just arrived from picking up cat food and kitty litter donated by city residents. The pair hopes to nurse the cats to the point where they are well enough to be neutered, spayed and micro-chipped by a local veterinarian.

B次元官网网址淜itties arenB次元官网网址檛 something you can throw away,B次元官网网址� Valenta told The Gazette. B次元官网网址淭heyB次元官网网址檙e forever,B次元官网网址� she said.

Feeny and Valenta are asking people to donate to the KAAP website at www.kaap.ca.

laurie.tritschler@grandforksgazette.ca
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