Fixing 8 Dominant Males Fed by Old Couple. What it Means.

Of the Nine cats trapped by the old couple feeding Albany strays, some tame and abandoned, 8 were big dominant males. What does this mean for that area?

It actually means a great deal. It means less fighting and spray marking of course. But, they live only two blocks from where I netted that calico with the horrible tumor eating away at her head. These tumors are consistent with FIV infection. Getting 8 big males out of the fighting and spreading disease game means outside allowed cats in that area are far safer from contracting this horrible virus.

The old couple paid $100 donation to the FCCO, to help pay for the care of cats abandoned by selfish piggish other Albany residents. That's altruism.

That area is not a good one for any animal or kid. There is high tenant turnover and a lot of drug use and criminal behavior. People move and leave cats behind in high rates in that area. This couple takes care of those left behind.

One of the black males fixed yesterday used to be owned by some druggees, who moved and left him. The wife says she's sees those people in town still sometimes. They probably just got another cat who they will also leave behind. Life on the streets is better, the husband said, for that male, than it was with his "owners" who were mean to him, when high, kicked him out, and rarely remembered to even feed him. He upgraded his life when they abandoned him, the husband said stoically.

There are at least three more to catch there and two of those are males also. The neighborhood and the cats in that area, owned or not, or barely owned, will benefit from these folks behavior, who took responsibility, like Good Samaritans, for the unwanted lives others tossed like a cigarette butt on the street.