Downtown dumpster kittens
07
August
8/7/2008:
Here’s an email from Hoboken411 reader Martha:
Wild pack of kitties
“Hey, Hoboken411—
Cat owners should know that there is a small but persistent cat presence amongst the dumpsters on the city lot at the end of Willow, between Observer and Newark. This Sunday I spotted two cats, one friendly, one not, walking around the lot. The smaller, friendlier one actually ventured into the parking lot next door, and seemed pretty friendly to my husband and me, despite the fact that we were walking with our cat-disliking dog.
Someone or someone’s leaving a lot of food for these cats…I didn’t take any pictures of that, but there was a fresh plate of dry food laid out for them on the sidewalk, and lots of water-logged cat food cans. Maybe one or both of these cats once belonged to someone, or maybe not. However, it’s definitely a place to check if you’ve lost your cat, as there seems to be a plentiful supply of food there, and easy places to hide amongst the dumpsters.
Keep up the good work!”
Hoboken, cats, kittens, wild cats, dumpster
21. Journey | August 10th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Face it folks no single solution will make a huge change, while a combination of shelter, rescue/foster, trap-neuter-release, low cost neuter for adopted pets will help.
My own cats were rescued from a kill-shelter, then fostered, and my adoption agreement included a promise of having them fixed. It also included that the rescue org could take them back if I proved to be an unfit ‘parent’.
22. abcdefg | August 11th, 2008 at 11:39 am
I saw all of these kittens last night, as well as a few larger cats ( on August 10th) - this morning I called animal control of Hoboken. The lady was nasty and told me there was nothing they can do about it. She told me to catch the cats/kittens myself then call them so they can pick them up - she said they don’t put their officers in danger. I thought their job was to help rescue animals?… I guess not.
23. Journey | August 11th, 2008 at 11:56 am
I did some checking. Hoboken contracts with the (in)Humane society out of Newark. Hoboken neither will capture the cats or provide cages for you to capture the cats. You can get a cage at Home Depot. Once collected the cat goes into the ‘wild cat cage’. This shelter is kill-shelter, which means after 7 days if no one takes the cat home, it is put to sleep.
24. Journey | August 11th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
I’ve sent the low cost spay/neuter place that I know of an email. I know at one point they ran a T-N-R feral program.
They also had this article on there page:
http://members.petfinder.org/~NJ17/outsidecats.htm