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11/06/2026

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11/05/2026

October 4 and 5: I met a fabulous woman who's been caring for Cats for many years… most recently this fuzzy mom and her big babies in a parking lot on Washington Street in Newark. Amelia picked up the first young lady and put her into a carrier on Sunday, and I met her back there on Monday and we managed to trap the mom and the other two siblings. So grateful for peopleforanimals allowing us to walk in without an appointment to get these much-needed surgeries done. They saw me on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday that week. Turned out mom was lactating, which we feared. Sadly, that means she's got other kittens down there somewhere that haven't been seen yet. So she was released back to the location. even though these kittens are past the ideal window for socialization, the feeder has been trying to handle them as much as possible and she had someone committed to the two girls. They've been delivered and now that time has passed they seem to be working out. There should be someone taking the boy also. He's a little tougher, but not terrible. Many thanks also to Wildflowers TNR !

10/21/2026

9/29/26: Tweety Bird appeared in the middle of a rain storm at the doorstep of downtown cat friend Taieta, who could not turn away. She brought him in and held him until I could come and get him. What a sweetheart. About 4 1/2 months old. Got him in for neutering right away and he's well on his way.

10/21/2026

9/18/26: taking a constitutional in Branch Brook Park Newark, I spotted in a thicket an unfamiliar cat, just a little too far away from established colonies to be one of those cats. I strained to see if the ear was tipped, didn't seem to be. Made note of the location so I could come back and investigate. Two days later another alert neighbor not only saw the cat but interacted with it. I alerted the colony caretakers and Cynthia was able to sn**ch her up. Let's hear it for team efforts! I brought her for her spay, Cynthia is holding her and she's totally relaxed with dogs and cats and kids. She's got a cloudy eye and she was so skinny but she's coming along beautifully.

10/10/2026

Della, a wonderful little surprise kitty caught on Delavan near Highland in Newark NJ, is such a lap cat, she'll curl up on you or against you anytime, anywhere. Not to mention she looks like a famous animated kitty with huge saucer eyes. And she has a unique tiny tail just 6 inches long. Apply to adopt at foresthillfriends.org

10/07/2026

9/13/26: Another alert and caring Neighbor on Ridge St put out an email blast about a cat he had been feeding for a while… Seemed like he was sleeping under his deck, and he wanted to find out if there was an owner looking for him.

I offered to pick him up and keep him safe… I didn't detect a microchip, and no one responded to the email blast. I got him into the pipeline pretty quickly, neutering and vaccinations…thank you Wildflowers TNR!

I heard from another neighbor I haven't spoken to in a while but she had been seeing him on her property and caring for him there as well. He's definitely friendly enough to be someone's indoor pet so that will be the goal.

And I'm calling him Boris, after the original email blaster.

09/24/2026

9/6/26: Just one day after picking Machi up, I received a text advising me of a kitten by itself on the fringes of Branch Brook Park. I ran over there and found the tiny thing hovering off to the side of a boisterous pretty intoxicated crowd. She came to me as soon as I squatted down with a can of food and she walked into the set-over cage.

Calling her Gia. She's got a delicate little face and she's very dark gray. I weighed her and she appeared large enough for surgery, and she also appeared sturdy and healthy. So I took her two days later to get her started on her vetting. So grateful to People For Animals for having walk-in surgery available, no appointment necessary for trapped cats. Such a big help.

She's fearless and she is purring, loves to be held and hugged. And I'm so happy because after her time of quarantine she's been able to cohabitate with a bunch of other younguns which is so great for her personality.

Thanks to Wildflowers TNR.

09/24/2026

9/5/26: One of my long-term Clifton Ave cat spotter friends contacted me about a new one she had started seeing regularly in a parking lot. I've been pretty swamped but she thought it might be a female and it became a priority in my mind.

When I got there I was surprised to see a pretty large gray cat who appears to me to be a neutered male. He was friendly enough to place into a carrier by hand. And he's been settling in here nicely.

To my eyes he appears to be a little bit older and his body is in a slightly strange condition: pretty bony in the spine and a bit caved in in the haunches but with some loose hanging skin.

So he's been flea treated and he's getting dewormer. But I really need to get him in for some bloodwork just to see what his overall condition is.

Definitely a sweetie pie though. And I'm calling him MACHI which is a derivative of my friend's last name.

09/22/2026

None of these kitties knew each other until they got into this room together. Gia, Bunny Boy, and Benny, just hanging out. Gia and Bunny Boy were all alone in the world when they were discovered.

09/22/2026

8/19/26: Rise earlier than usual and head downtown to the Prudential Center neighborhood where there's an ongoing stream of friendly and feral cats at a couple of feeding spots. Feeder Taieta has her eye on one especially friendly young man who has eluded traps a couple of times in the past. So I'm only equipped with a carrier and my job is to stand by with my hatch open and the carrier open inside it because Taieta is confident she can pick him up in her arms.

He kept us waiting… At some moments it looked like I got up early for nothing. He should've been there right away, and we were starting to despair and then suddenly there he was. And within a few minutes we had him secured!

And the next day he was at PFA getting neutered and vaccinated. Thanks to Wildflowers TNR.