tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476582663759711920.post5583298216134944425..comments2024-01-19T13:02:42.603-05:00Comments on The Owl House: What it is to be a TNR change agentSusan Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00626324831005117127noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476582663759711920.post-62233693320546123832015-02-09T11:33:18.449-05:002015-02-09T11:33:18.449-05:00:I think I met that guy, from Neighborhood Cats. ...:I think I met that guy, from Neighborhood Cats. Laura then of Hubcats Boston, who sent me my first drop trap, which was awesome, made by her and her father, invited me to a San Francisco feral cat conference. I was not bright enough to understand how far it really was to drive down there. I was so tired when I arrived that Friday night, I dozed through the first hours of the conference Saturday and finally had to go back to the motel Laura had purchased for us (two beds) and allowed me to stay there. I missed everything due to exhaustion. But she was friends with Bryan and we all had dinner that night. I thought they were so worldly wise and exotic being from New York and to be sitting in San Francisco for dinner, I felt so inadequate and in awe of everything. The next day was the difficult drive home again. I would not do such a thing again, but oh well. I did it that summer.Strayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124298302997708537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476582663759711920.post-70179874395038187152015-02-08T17:17:05.718-05:002015-02-08T17:17:05.718-05:00Thanks! I probably should clarify that I don't...Thanks! I probably should clarify that I don't consider myself a change agent. Perhaps once, when I had the Cat Out Loud blog and was doing a lot of speaking on feral cat issues, primarily to the wildlife control and rehab community. Right now I feel I'm one of the TNR army and I'm pleased to see how many of us there are. One person I have a lot of respect for on the national front is Bryan Kortis, a founder of Neighborhood Cats and now with Petsmart Charities. Very straightforward, matter-of-fact, boots on the ground but "bigger picture" oriented. He helped create a tidal wave of support for feral cats, and I don't think I've heard him say "me." It has always been "we." There is a substantial basket of other people as well, but he is one person that strikes me as someone who stuck his neck out near the very beginning and changed the "cat people are crazy" stereotype to "we are getting things done and it is working." Susan Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626324831005117127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476582663759711920.post-34212418442622445702015-02-08T16:35:10.041-05:002015-02-08T16:35:10.041-05:00Good post.
It is very true as well.I hope that it ...Good post.<br />It is very true as well.I hope that it is people like you, willing to put animals before ego, that will prevail. It is what stray animals (all animals) deserve.<br />NancyMickey's Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327653720965629172noreply@blogger.com