The Best Thing To Do For Stray Cats In NYC

The Dodo

Woman finds 30 stray cats in her NYC neighborhood, so she does this ❤️

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00:00 What'd you find, bud?

00:01 - I don't know.

00:02 - You want some help?

00:03 (cat meows)

00:05 Got some cat food.

00:06 I left the dog at home.

00:08 And we'll see how this cat is doing.

00:11 He's waiting.

00:12 He's waiting for me right there.

00:13 Hey, bud.

00:15 Wait, you're not the same cat.

00:18 Come on, bud.

00:20 It's okay.

00:21 As I followed the cat, I realized that he wasn't alone.

00:24 Oh, there's another one.

00:27 I had actually stumbled upon a cat colony.

00:29 And a few minutes later, I met Liz.

00:32 People will ask me how many cats I have,

00:35 and always a complicated answer.

00:37 Liz is like the neighborhood cat whisperer,

00:40 and she's been taking care of this cat colony

00:42 for more than 10 years.

00:44 They do all feel like mine.

00:47 I love all of them as much as my indoor cats.

00:50 They sometimes greet me more enthusiastically

00:53 than my cats when I get home.

00:55 Hi sunshine.

00:56 Hi, you.

00:57 Are you ready?

00:59 There are about a dozen cats in this colony,

01:01 and they each have their own little personalities.

01:04 Jacques is the Romeo of my cat colony.

01:09 Jacques has had three girlfriends.

01:11 He becomes more social when he has a girlfriend.

01:14 Norma is our resident crazy girl.

01:19 When I took her to the vet,

01:20 they thought her name Sweet Pea was ironic

01:23 because she was terrible.

01:24 Fred, he is the oldest.

01:28 Neighbors on the block say he could be 15, 16 years old.

01:33 When I first moved here, there was easily 30 cats.

01:38 None of them were TNR.

01:40 And Liz helped about 25 of those get adopted.

01:43 The only cats that remain are the ones

01:45 that are too feral to live indoors.

01:48 So living in this cat colony is the best option for them.

01:52 This is where they were born.

01:53 They've lived outside their entire lives.

01:56 This is what they know.

01:57 They're like family to each other,

01:59 and the community keeps them fed and healthy.

02:02 Somebody left them a house.

02:04 Liz went on to tell me that the lot is privately owned,

02:07 and there is a new construction happening

02:10 right on this lot.

02:11 Unfortunately, they're gonna have to move the cats

02:13 and need all the help they can get from the community.

02:16 So to help them get the word out,

02:18 I'm redesigning their flyers.

02:19 I'm adding a QR code that people can scan with their phones

02:27 to help fundraise or simply keep up with their story.

02:30 Pretty soon, we saw more people helping out,

02:38 and I'm confident that with this community,

02:42 these cats will continue to be well taken care of.

02:46 I talked to so many people who are coming over,

02:49 like, just enjoying them.

02:52 Cats are a part of New York City,

02:54 and they should be embraced,

02:56 and I will help you with the cats

02:58 until there aren't any more.

03:00 You see all the squirrels?

03:03 Where is everybody?

03:06 Those are cat butts.

03:07 (laughs)

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