As an animal lover and the owner of several cats and a dog, I have to respond to the July 17 letter about abandoned cats. If the letter writer were truly concerned about the cats that her neighbors left behind, she would have captured them and taken them to a shelter herself.

There are many people and organizations that have live traps that can catch these cats humanely. Instead, she chose to do nothing for two years while these poor cats struggled for survival. Now she writes about this situation after one of these cats was caught by a man with a noose.

She’s probably right – this cat’s life will end tragically. What will become of the other cats? I hope that she or one of her other neighbors will catch these other cats and take them to a shelter.

Patricia Boutilier

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