Is it Human or Animal Killing our Villagers?

Some people care for feral cat colonies that have over 100 feral cats in the pride. But when you only have six you get very attached to them.

When we took on the responsibility for running Kitty Village, I thought it would be fun to care for these beautiful animals and never thought about the cost and heart break it would bring. It is not inexpensive to run the Village especially Vet costs. But, I would spend ten times more to not have the heart break it also brings.

In late summer, we lost Petey. We have no answers to what happened.

In December, we lost Orangey. We have no answers to what happened.

Now on January 8, 2020, we lost Teddy.

We love all the Villagers, but Teddy was one of a kind here at Kitty Village. Words can never ever express how we feel and how we miss him.

They could have been trapped and relocated by ones who have voiced there opinions in our neighborhood web site about how they dislike cats.

They could have been killed by those mentioned above.

They also could have been killed by Coyotes.

Coyotes have been seen in the area and to the north of my neighborhood, where there is a large colony of feral cats. Animal Care and Control said that the colony has been attacked by coyotes finding most times just the heads left behind. Even though the coyote population is growing in the county, Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission seem not to be interested with the problem or can not control it.

My problem with totally accepting the coyote theory is no remains have been found in my area.

Petey and Teddy were always together.

As my readers know, I have been building a fence enclosure in the yard for the Villagers but due to the cost of building this special type of fencing system, it has been very slow going. The Village now has three survivors out of six and those have been rounded up and secured.

If Teddy was not with Petey he was with Bandit.

I converted my rear patio into a cat enclosure.

Sam and Bandit are now in that enclosure, and Bandit is not happy at all for two reasons. First, he does not like being confined at all. Second, he misses Teddy where he was always at his side.