Project MEOW trappers like to make certain that their feral cats are well cared for during their spay or neuter surgery. Here’s Merlot, a newcomer to an established colony, being held in a warmed towel while he recovers from anesthesia. While PAWS is often used for local feral cat spay and neuters, The Spayed Club in Sharon Hill will hold feral cats overnight, which helps trappers make certain their cats are mostly recovered before being returned to them.

If you have too many unowned cats on your block, why not consider getting in touch with some of your neighbors and getting involved? Project MEOW can show you how to trap, may be able to provide transportation and recovery, and has traps to loan with a small deposit. It takes a team, and a lot of like-minded neighbors to solve a problem, but if many people volunteer to trap on their own blocks, very soon you will begin to see a lot less stray cats and kittens wandering around.

Project MEOW volunteers have reduced the numbers of kittens born every year on their own streets, often working alone or with one other neighbor. Want to stop the tide of spring kittens? Contact info@projectmeow.org to see how starting now can make a huge difference during the 2014 “kitten season.”

(Project MEOW’s Tracylea Byford contributed to this post. Photo credit: Dr. Sarah Alexander of The Spayed Club in Sharon Hill)

A West Philly Local reader, Katie, spotted a tan & white female Pit Bull around 9:30 this morning trotting east on Spruce street and then turning south and heading down 46th street. “She had big half-perked up ears and had a power cord  knotted around her neck that it looked like she had chewed through to escape,” Katie writes. Another reader, Madeline, reports via our Facebook page that she saw the dog by the Shop N’ Bag at 44th St. at around 8:35 a.m.

If you have any information about this dog or if you see her, please post in the comments below.

Frankie, a cat reported missing on October 25, has been found! We received this message from Project MEOW’s Tracy Byford (Frankie was adopted from Project MEOW when he was a kitten) :

Frankie, missing since October 18, was a smart boy.  He figured how to how get home and yesterday his family found him crying across the street from their house.

Congratulations to the Drake family and to Frankie, for having the good sense to make it home for the holidays!  (No cat wants to miss out on any of that delicious Thanksgiving turkey!)  Project MEOW would like to thank all of those kind folks who called and emailed when they thought they had seen Frankie.  They found many different orange kitties, but Frankie was tired of being lost and took matters into his own paws.

Do you know someone who has lost a cat?  Please ask them to email info@projectmeow.org for tips on how to find their feline friend.

A young black & white male (unneutered) cat was found this morning on the grounds of Presbyterian Medical Center at 39th and Filbert and taken to Morris Animal Refuge. He was found wandering around outside “wet and sad” and appeared to be lost, according to a West Philly Local reader who works at the center. The cat is very friendly. He was wearing a flea collar.

For more information, please contact Darcy at darcy.macdonald@uphs.upenn.edu or call Morris Animal Refuge at 215-735-9570.
 

UPDATE (11/4/13): Nala came back home on Saturday, Nov. 2, according to her owner.

Nala, a 3-year-old medium sized tuxedo cat, ran out of her house on the 500 block of Cedar Avenue early last week and has not been seen since.

Nala weighs around 10-11 lbs. She is super friendly but is not an outdoors cat, according to her owner Daniel, who emailed us this information. She does not have a collar but does have a microchip. Her registered name is Orea; it wasn’t changed when she was adopted three years ago.

If you find her please email Daniel at: knappdj@gmail.com or call 215-268-2760.

Frankie has a pronounced “M” on his forehead, which may be helpful in spotting him.

Frankie, a two-year-old male orange tabby cat adopted from the Project MEOW cat rescue, escaped out an open door on October 19. Frankie was adopted as a kitten (pictured), but is now 14 pounds. He is terribly missed by his family. He was last seen at 49th and Hazel, but could be anywhere by now.

Please contact info@projectmeow.org if you think you have found Frankie, and if at all possible keep him indoors until his family can get him. He is microchipped and very friendly.