Comments on: ‘Cat Whisperer’ Looks After Yorktown ‘Pub Cats’ http://wydaily.com/2012/12/17/cat-whisperer-looks-after-yorktown-pub-cats/ You can do without the paper; you can't do without the news. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:53:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Bastette http://wydaily.com/2012/12/17/cat-whisperer-looks-after-yorktown-pub-cats/#comment-23460 Bastette Mon, 24 Dec 2012 04:01:26 +0000 http://wydaily.com/?p=6105#comment-23460 I think some feral cats can't be socialized (tamed). I've had friends put a lot of time and devotion into trying, and eventually giving up. There's a feral colony near where I work, and the organization that manages the colony (making sure they have enough to eat, get veterinary care when needed and that they're all neutered), and believe me, if any of those cats show any signs of being tamable, they're put into foster care until they're social (with humans) enough to be adopted. And some just never get to that point. So they live out their lives in the managed colony. But I do agree that many ferals CAN be tamed. I think some feral cats can’t be socialized (tamed). I’ve had friends put a lot of time and devotion into trying, and eventually giving up. There’s a feral colony near where I work, and the organization that manages the colony (making sure they have enough to eat, get veterinary care when needed and that they’re all neutered), and believe me, if any of those cats show any signs of being tamable, they’re put into foster care until they’re social (with humans) enough to be adopted. And some just never get to that point. So they live out their lives in the managed colony. But I do agree that many ferals CAN be tamed.

]]> By: Kristin http://wydaily.com/2012/12/17/cat-whisperer-looks-after-yorktown-pub-cats/#comment-23413 Kristin Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:38:14 +0000 http://wydaily.com/?p=6105#comment-23413 That's right about feral cats becoming "tame". The fact is, domestic cats are not wild animals! They will ALWAYS become tame in a home environment. This is the difference between "wild" i.e.: cougars, lynx, et alia- and "domestic" animals such as cattle, dogs and cats. I've adopted feral cats, in a matter of weeks they are virtually the same as a home raised pet. To state that they "never become tame" is pure baloney. Ask a veterinarian, or better yet a zoologist. Cats will never truly be wild - wild "acting" maybe, but not actually wild animals. That’s right about feral cats becoming “tame”. The fact is, domestic cats are not wild animals! They will ALWAYS become tame in a home environment. This is the difference between “wild” i.e.: cougars, lynx, et alia- and “domestic” animals such as cattle, dogs and cats. I’ve adopted feral cats, in a matter of weeks they are virtually the same as a home raised pet. To state that they “never become tame” is pure baloney. Ask a veterinarian, or better yet a zoologist. Cats will never truly be wild – wild “acting” maybe, but not actually wild animals.

]]> By: SA http://wydaily.com/2012/12/17/cat-whisperer-looks-after-yorktown-pub-cats/#comment-23147 SA Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:59:47 +0000 http://wydaily.com/?p=6105#comment-23147 It's not always true that a feral cat can't ever be socialized, but it does take awhile and loads of patience. I know someone who rescued two feral cats at about 1 year old or so, and it took six months but she was finally able to win them over and they're happy indoor cats now. Rare, but it can happen. The 'catch, neuter, and release' programs are crucial! It’s not always true that a feral cat can’t ever be socialized, but it does take awhile and loads of patience. I know someone who rescued two feral cats at about 1 year old or so, and it took six months but she was finally able to win them over and they’re happy indoor cats now. Rare, but it can happen. The ‘catch, neuter, and release’ programs are crucial!

]]> By: Yorktown Cat Rescuer http://wydaily.com/2012/12/17/cat-whisperer-looks-after-yorktown-pub-cats/#comment-22566 Yorktown Cat Rescuer Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:04:20 +0000 http://wydaily.com/?p=6105#comment-22566 Another suggestion for your cat fund. Go to vistaprint's website and order cat (picture) business cards - front and back. You can put on there about your Pub Cat Fund and ask people to make a donation. When you give the customers their checks you can also leave them one of these cards. This will really be helpful and the customers will be more than happy to make a donation. Hopefully in the future your fund will be able to pay it forward and help other feral cats in the community. Best wishes! Another suggestion for your cat fund. Go to vistaprint’s website and order cat (picture) business cards – front and back. You can put on there about your Pub Cat Fund and ask people to make a donation. When you give the customers their checks you can also leave them one of these cards. This will really be helpful and the customers will be more than happy to make a donation. Hopefully in the future your fund will be able to pay it forward and help other feral cats in the community. Best wishes!

]]> By: Yorktown Cat Rescuer http://wydaily.com/2012/12/17/cat-whisperer-looks-after-yorktown-pub-cats/#comment-22558 Yorktown Cat Rescuer Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:12:31 +0000 http://wydaily.com/?p=6105#comment-22558 You have no idea how happy it makes me feel that the pub is finally having the cats spayed and neutered! I know that you all are trying. Please understand that I am not trying to be critical just frustrated that it has taken so long! I know that people have tried to help in the past and have been turned away. When someone tries to help it just means they care. We all want to see the cats have a great quality of life. And, keeping them from multiplying is a great start. There are outdoor feeding stations that can be purchased for feral cats as well as outdoor feral shelters or ones that can be made with little expense. There are lots of great resources online. The elements can be hard in Yorktown since there is so much wind off of the water. Please continue your good work! It sounds like you are headed in the right direction. You could also put cat fund cans on the tables at the pub with a nice note/picture about what you are trying to do. You will be surprised how much people love cats and how generous they can be. You could also mention that you have ones available for adoption. Best of luck and thanks for taking care of the cats! You have no idea how happy it makes me feel that the pub is finally having the cats spayed and neutered! I know that you all are trying. Please understand that I am not trying to be critical just frustrated that it has taken so long! I know that people have tried to help in the past and have been turned away. When someone tries to help it just means they care. We all want to see the cats have a great quality of life. And, keeping them from multiplying is a great start. There are outdoor feeding stations that can be purchased for feral cats as well as outdoor feral shelters or ones that can be made with little expense. There are lots of great resources online. The elements can be hard in Yorktown since there is so much wind off of the water. Please continue your good work! It sounds like you are headed in the right direction. You could also put cat fund cans on the tables at the pub with a nice note/picture about what you are trying to do. You will be surprised how much people love cats and how generous they can be. You could also mention that you have ones available for adoption. Best of luck and thanks for taking care of the cats!

]]> By: Concerned Citizen in Yorktown http://wydaily.com/2012/12/17/cat-whisperer-looks-after-yorktown-pub-cats/#comment-22552 Concerned Citizen in Yorktown Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:46:42 +0000 http://wydaily.com/?p=6105#comment-22552 To the Yorktown Cat Rescuer and mytwocents - Rather than criticizing, it would be most constructive if you would identify yourselves and help out with the current efforts for the cats at the Pub. I don't think anybody currently involved thinks of themselves as an "expert" with cat rescue - just concerned people trying to do the right thing. To the Yorktown Cat Rescuer and mytwocents – Rather than criticizing, it would be most constructive if you would identify yourselves and help out with the current efforts for the cats at the Pub. I don’t think anybody currently involved thinks of themselves as an “expert” with cat rescue – just concerned people trying to do the right thing.

]]> By: Mary http://wydaily.com/2012/12/17/cat-whisperer-looks-after-yorktown-pub-cats/#comment-22527 Mary Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:05:34 +0000 http://wydaily.com/?p=6105#comment-22527 I just wanted to comment on this because some of the things i have read on here have truly upset me. When i started working here a year and a half ago, Cheryl introduced me to the cats and i was very worried for their well-being. I thought the same as a lot of others do: they werent being cared for properly, they were eating off the stairs, they looked dirty. After only a week of employment here i looked at the care for the cats in such a different light. Many people here, including me, do everything in our power to insure the cats are cared for properly and living the best and happiest life they can. Every single morning Cheryl comes into work early (off the clock) and feeds all of the cats, gives them clean water, and spends time with them. I have driven to Yorktown Beach on holidays and have seen Cheryl here, even when the pub is closed, to care for the cats. She has even driven down to the beach during hurricaines to check on them and make sure their shelter is in good condition. There have been many days where Cheryl walks down the road and some of the cats follow her so i jokingly started calling her "the cat whisperer" Cheryl even checks all of the cats for ticks and will sit with them, comforting them while she does everything within her power to get the ticks off. Even my house pets get ticks, even WITH their flea and tick monthly treatments. The cats here love us unconditionally because several years ago the people at the pub willingly began feeding and caring for them. I just wanted to say that i am very very proud of Cheryl for all she has done and continues to do for our cats. I also wanted to thank everyone for all of the nice comments, support, and donations. I just wanted to comment on this because some of the things i have read on here have truly upset me. When i started working here a year and a half ago, Cheryl introduced me to the cats and i was very worried for their well-being. I thought the same as a lot of others do: they werent being cared for properly, they were eating off the stairs, they looked dirty. After only a week of employment here i looked at the care for the cats in such a different light. Many people here, including me, do everything in our power to insure the cats are cared for properly and living the best and happiest life they can. Every single morning Cheryl comes into work early (off the clock) and feeds all of the cats, gives them clean water, and spends time with them. I have driven to Yorktown Beach on holidays and have seen Cheryl here, even when the pub is closed, to care for the cats. She has even driven down to the beach during hurricaines to check on them and make sure their shelter is in good condition. There have been many days where Cheryl walks down the road and some of the cats follow her so i jokingly started calling her “the cat whisperer” Cheryl even checks all of the cats for ticks and will sit with them, comforting them while she does everything within her power to get the ticks off. Even my house pets get ticks, even WITH their flea and tick monthly treatments. The cats here love us unconditionally because several years ago the people at the pub willingly began feeding and caring for them. I just wanted to say that i am very very proud of Cheryl for all she has done and continues to do for our cats. I also wanted to thank everyone for all of the nice comments, support, and donations.

]]> By: SERVER AT YTP http://wydaily.com/2012/12/17/cat-whisperer-looks-after-yorktown-pub-cats/#comment-22523 SERVER AT YTP Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:51:12 +0000 http://wydaily.com/?p=6105#comment-22523 "DO what you feel in your heart is right, for you will be criticized anyway" -Eleanor Roosevelt JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN!! the 2 males are getting fixed this week so they are taken care of!! I love these cats very much!! we are trying now since we have them all fixed to work with them to try and tame them to get them to a great home!! yes we have tried to put food bowls out for all of them but they fight over them and just becomes too much..sorry if it bothers people that they eat off the steps but that is how they get along and works for them. i know some people might think what we are doing is wrong but i feel we are really trying and i know it has taken a while to get it all together but we finally got the help we needed!! it hurst me to think that others think we dont take care of them. i have been using the donations we have recieved to get them all flea and tick meds. and food which mind you they go throw a 16lb bag every week. I know we can do a little better but we are getting there!!! THANK YOU to everyone who has helped us and saw we were having issuse and instead of bashing us decided to help. IT MEANS ALOT TO ME!!! When i first came here 4 years ago i was not part of the feeding and everything but now in the past 2 years i have stepped up and done everything i can to make there life a little better!! it does upset me that they cant go home with me i wish they could.. believe me 3 of them meet me at my car every morning and follow me to my car when i leave it breaks my heart, once i get my own house i will help out as many as i can. im sorry if some people think we are doing things wrong but im doing the best i can. Mind you, i am just a server working on tips and $2.13 an hour and right now it is really slow. come summer time i will build them little huts and do even more then what i am now. Im not asking for a pat on the back or a hand out but i feel like i have helped alot. And the cats are happier then they have ever been!! thank you for everyones input and i will try to do even more then i am doing to make everyone else a little happier. just a little upset that we have finally done something and people are still want to bash us. sorry if we have made others unhappy but hey aleast we are doing something. “DO what you feel in your heart is right,
for you will be criticized anyway”
-Eleanor Roosevelt

JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN!! the 2 males are getting fixed this week so they are taken care of!! I love these cats very much!! we are trying now since we have them all fixed to work with them to try and tame them to get them to a great home!! yes we have tried to put food bowls out for all of them but they fight over them and just becomes too much..sorry if it bothers people that they eat off the steps but that is how they get along and works for them. i know some people might think what we are doing is wrong but i feel we are really trying and i know it has taken a while to get it all together but we finally got the help we needed!! it hurst me to think that others think we dont take care of them. i have been using the donations we have recieved to get them all flea and tick meds. and food which mind you they go throw a 16lb bag every week. I know we can do a little better but we are getting there!!! THANK YOU to everyone who has helped us and saw we were having issuse and instead of bashing us decided to help. IT MEANS ALOT TO ME!!!

When i first came here 4 years ago i was not part of the feeding and everything but now in the past 2 years i have stepped up and done everything i can to make there life a little better!! it does upset me that they cant go home with me i wish they could.. believe me 3 of them meet me at my car every morning and follow me to my car when i leave it breaks my heart, once i get my own house i will help out as many as i can.

im sorry if some people think we are doing things wrong but im doing the best i can. Mind you, i am just a server working on tips and $2.13 an hour and right now it is really slow. come summer time i will build them little huts and do even more then what i am now.

Im not asking for a pat on the back or a hand out but i feel like i have helped alot. And the cats are happier then they have ever been!!

thank you for everyones input and i will try to do even more then i am doing to make everyone else a little happier. just a little upset that we have finally done something and people are still want to bash us. sorry if we have made others unhappy but hey aleast we are doing something.

]]> By: Yorktown Cat Rescuer http://wydaily.com/2012/12/17/cat-whisperer-looks-after-yorktown-pub-cats/#comment-22439 Yorktown Cat Rescuer Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:16:08 +0000 http://wydaily.com/?p=6105#comment-22439 I would like to challenge the Wydaily to do a follow up story as to the progress of the pub cats. Apparently they still have 2 male cats that haven't been neutered. Will you please update us as to when this will be done? The YC animal control office has free traps available for use if contacted. They will even drop it off to them. Also, can the Wydaily give us an update as to what type of shelter the pub has available for the cats in the winter? And, when the pub expansion starts where will the cats live? I would also like to know if they plan on trying to get any of the cats adopted in the near future? And, what their game plan is regarding this? Thanks! We appreciate your reporting of this story!! I would like to challenge the Wydaily to do a follow up story as to the progress of the pub cats. Apparently they still have 2 male cats that haven’t been neutered. Will you please update us as to when this will be done? The YC animal control office has free traps available for use if contacted. They will even drop it off to them. Also, can the Wydaily give us an update as to what type of shelter the pub has available for the cats in the winter? And, when the pub expansion starts where will the cats live? I would also like to know if they plan on trying to get any of the cats adopted in the near future? And, what their game plan is regarding this? Thanks! We appreciate your reporting of this story!!

]]> By: Kim Lenz http://wydaily.com/2012/12/17/cat-whisperer-looks-after-yorktown-pub-cats/#comment-22346 Kim Lenz Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:54:10 +0000 http://wydaily.com/?p=6105#comment-22346 Thanks for your input, mytwocents. We agree on the namecalling and apologize; that post has been taken down. Thanks for your input, mytwocents. We agree on the namecalling and apologize; that post has been taken down.

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