October 16, 2009 is National Feral Cat Day. Barrington PAW is an offial Feral Friends Network Member - visit www.alleycat.org for more information.

If feral kittens are trapped and brought indoors when they are still young, they can make wonderful companion animals! Take a look at photos of some formerly feral kitties below.....do they look wild to you? If you see a litter of kittens in the wild it is critical that they be trapped while they are still young, so please contact us right away for assistance!

 Bobby - one of Barrington's Feral Kitties

Information on

Feral Cat Care.....

www.alleycats.org

www.feralcatcaretakers.org

http://amby.com/cat_site/feral.html

Are you caring for an existing feral cat colony in the town of Barrington? Please contact us at cindy@barringtonpaw.org. We would like to create a comprehensive listing of all managed colonies in town. Whether you are caring for a single or multiple ferals please contact us to have your colony added to the list. This will help to ensure that your feral will be returned to the correct location if they are inadvertantly trapped or picked up by animal control. We also make every effort to assist our town's feral cat caretakers with food and medical care for the cats.

If you are feeding stray or feral cats in Barrington and you do not know if they are spayed or neutered please contact us RIGHT AWAY at info@barringtonpaw.org for assistance!

"Ear-tipping" is the way that feral cat are identified as part of a managed colony. The photo below shows a calico with her left ear "tipped". This is a way of easily knowing that she has been spayed, vaccinated and is living as part of a group of cats who are being fed and looked after. There are several "managed feral cat colonies" in Barrington.