Coming home today from picking up my recovered TNR kitty, I saw two Black Vultures almost hit by a car. I pulled over, and found the carcass of an opossum in the middle of a busy road. I grabbed the body by the tail (the least eaten and most intact body part on this occasion) and moved the poor creature to the wide patch of grass next to the road. The vultures were no happier with my intervention than the vehicular disturbance just moments before, but at least I could continu

I trapped this severely injured tom cat a few mornings ago. I took him to the shelter for TNR, and pointed out that he would need treatment for a large injury on his neck. What has transpired since has led me to wonder: whose property are the cats going through the TNR program? Who is responsible for caring for a feral cat during recovery? How will Big Tom's story help us explore issues of property, responsibility, and programs intended to shape community cat and human behavi

In early January, a cold front covered most of the continental US. Florida was not immune to the chill, and many of the animals living even in central and southern Florida were faced with situations far from the ordinary. (not actual alligator from story) In a large community of over 400 homes, one Board President of the owners association reached out to me for help expressing her position regarding the requests of several residents to "remove" the resident alligator. The fol