Garfield Park Owners Association

The over population of free-roaming cats is a human-caused problem which affects the health and well being of cats and our native wildlife.
Whether owned, stray, or ferel, cats are domestic amimals and are not native to North America. Outdoor cats, even well fed ones, kill hundreds of millions of wild birds and other animals each year in the US, including endangered species. The many mourning doves in our community are especially vunerable because they are ground feeding birds.
Free-roaming cats are in constant danger from being hit by cars, contracting diseases and parasites, or being attacked by other animals or people. Cats can transmit diseases to humans such as rabies, toxoplasmoosis, and cat scratch fever. In the US cats are the top carrier of rabies in domestic animals.
My goal is to make Rosemont safe for cats and birds. I encourage you to keep your cats indoors, train them to go outside on a harness and leash, or build outdoor cat enclosures. Cats should be spayed or neutered before they can produce an unwanted litter.
I have lost count of the times that cats have urinated on my front door.
I have also lost track of the times I have seen cats stalking birds feeding in my back yard.
I feel I have no choice but to trap the uncontrolled cats that appear in my yard and deliver them to animal
control.

Good idea

I've heard of people doing this and thought of it myself as well. I too am frequently visited by cats from across and it is so irritating. I guess trapping them is the best way to get the message across. Do traps cost money?

By phillip

CATS

I purchased my trap about 8 yrs ago at the feed store in Wilton. It is a Havahart brand, it doesn't hurt the animal being trapped. It cost about $30 and when I bought it they told me I could return it for a full refund anytime. However, it was worth every penny and has paid for itself many times. Just this morning a cat was stalking the birds in my yard, the 4th time the same cat has been after the birds. That cat has got to go!

You people with free roaming cats know who you are! Be responsible! If you won't control your cat, I will.

thanks

That sounds like the trap I need to get then. I definately don't want to hurt them either. Thanks!

By phillip