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Forest Hill Friends Page We are a 501 C3 organization whose main goal is to humanely reduce homeless cat populations, through Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and rescue.

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09/02/2026

rescued kitty Sammy adopted and loving his new rug

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09/01/2026

Learning to be a little less serious…

08/31/2026

we now realize that this guy who was found dehydrated and nearly dead stuck in a trap for many days in hot weather, set by an irresponsible property owner, is a cat that I had trapped and neutered many months before and released him to his well cared for backyard colony because he wasn't showing signs of friendliness after many tries. he had vanished at about same time as someone's pet cat and they were both found stuck in traps on this property. I'm so happy that he's decided to show a sweet side.

next up for neutering, the five youngest from a Lake Street location
08/31/2026

next up for neutering, the five youngest from a Lake Street location

8/4/26: back on Lake Street, time to start the final installment of this big project. I tried to break it up so I would ...
08/16/2026

8/4/26: back on Lake Street, time to start the final installment of this big project. I tried to break it up so I would have time to cope with each new influx and prioritize in a way that made sense.

Although some of the kittens were going into the drop trap two or three at a time I didn't want to catch them first because I knew mom was very watchful. So I just had to hold my breath and wait patiently and I got a nice clean moment when mom was in there with two babies and nobody else was around. I love my new method of keeping the drop trap flat on the ground and just pulling the string to shut the door. So much less violence and commotion. And then it's just a matter of getting them to scoot out into transfer traps.

A little while later I got a third kitten.

I brought those home and we decided to just leave regular traps set inside the garage where the two remaining kittens would be overnight. One was caught by the next day but the other was still running and hiding inside the garage. Using one kitten as bait to lure the other by butting the two traps together so that it might appear that baby number 5 could get to baby number 4 by going inside a trap, eventually -- the next day!! -- we finally had baby number 5, completing the family unit.

When I finally got to weigh them and cut their nails and give them their first flea meds and dewormer… I was able to determine that they are all right around 2 pounds. I think we have three males and two females. They're not incredibly hissy but two are pretty outgoing and the other three need work.

Altogether, what should have been just three adult cats last winter turned into 11 total. I'm going to have to really make sure the lesson is learned. Call me sooner.

7/31/26: Friend Tony sent me a photo of an unknown cat curled up on his back porch on Beaumont Place. Kind of unusual be...
08/09/2026

7/31/26: Friend Tony sent me a photo of an unknown cat curled up on his back porch on Beaumont Place. Kind of unusual because there's a bunch of steps leading up there and I've never seen anyone venture up there and he almost looked like he was seeking refuge.

The next day I put a trap in that spot. First we caught the goofy cat from next door who is always let out despite my protestations. She messed things up pretty well so I started over. And it wasn't long before I heard the trap close and there he was!

As I always do, I diligently looked for any signs of friendliness. I use every opportunity to interact, try touching, offering treats. I had him a couple extra days just because of surgery schedules. Despite that he really gave me nothing to go on. I'm so sad because just look at his face.

People For Animals estimated his age to be eight years. And that saddens me too. Where has he been living? How has he been surviving? I asked a feeder on the next block and she does know him so that makes me feel a little bit better. I had to release him.

7/26/26: I wanted to try to help at a location on N. 6th St. in Newark where Gigi had been trying to TNR a mom cat and h...
08/09/2026

7/26/26: I wanted to try to help at a location on N. 6th St. in Newark where Gigi had been trying to TNR a mom cat and her rapidly growing babies for months. But an uncooperative property owner made it impossible. This is where we really need the help of an authority figure with enforcement capabilities. I thought every city is supposed to have a Humane Law Enforcement Officer. Apparently newark does not have such a person.

For various reasons, a drop trap would probably work best but there's no good place to set it up. I got there kind of early and stayed five or six hours. I did see the target cats several times. But waiting for them to come up out of the yard they are in into the adjacent property and hoping they would be hungry enough for my bait when the man puts food down on his side almost out of spite…

It was my first time there and perhaps given enough time I would have started by giving him a flyer to read and think about before approaching him. But the timing is really getting urgent for this family.

Only good thing that happened is that a super chill, friendly sweet boy who came right up to me and started rubbing on my legs doesn't have to spend the rest of his life in that parking lot. Calling him Gino in honor of Gigi.

7/23/26: let me finally bring it a little bit current… I showed up on Lake Street again because I was so anxious to get ...
07/26/2026

7/23/26: let me finally bring it a little bit current… I showed up on Lake Street again because I was so anxious to get that second two month old and reunite with its sibling. I had noticed that this little kitty would just run the other way when it saw me so I knew I had to hide myself. I sat outside the backyard in the driveway with a little string to pull the drop trap door.

The lady of the house insisted on bringing me Ginger ale and ice cream, two of my favorites. It was a little bit touch and go for a while but finally we got the little kitty. It's a BOY!

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