Since 2005 Mary & Denice have cared for a community cat colony after it became obvious that a neighborhood cat population wasn’t being managed. Starting with socialization efforts, fresh water, and quality food distribution twice daily, the colony slowly became acclimated to provided shelter and were easier to trap, spay/neuter, and release back in the community. We currently care for approximately 30 cats, multiple times a day, having decreased from a starting number of approximately 45. We continue to vet and TNR, as new cats arrive and have become quite experienced at bottle babies through the years. Our goal is to one day have a very large catio that we can house cats in and control the roaming that results in drawing attention of predator animals and unfortunate accidents.