Swampscott Stories
Feral Kitty Nation Under New Management
A box to donate cat food for the feral project's spayed and neutered feral cats has been placed at Town Hall. The population of feral cats that live near the Swampscott Train Station was climbing and threatening to climb even higher before volunteers ...
Their numbers have been tamed but not their natures though these feral cats will not bite the hand that feeds them. Each night they emerge in groups of two or three, sometimes a skunk or possum among them. A few of the cats have paired with wild animals for companionship in their neighborhood near the Swampscott Train Station. The hand that feeds the colony and their friends belongs to Kai Breen of Swampscott. She arrives late at night, every night, with $7 to $10 worth of wet and dry cat food. Out of the darkness come the adult cats, like children to an ice cream truck, she says. Some of the cats get so excited they roll around and rub against each other. Most of the 21 adult cats share a family resemblance, as do their offspring, …
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11:08 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
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