Adopt A River Cat encourages farmers and land owners in Illinois to keep feral cats in their barns. |
A feral cat rescue organization in Illinois has a message for area farmers and rural land owners: We need your barns.
Adopt A River Cat, a no-kill, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving feral cats in the Kane County, Ill., area, said it’s looking for barns that can house feral cats. The group catches the feral cats, spays or neuters them, gives vaccinations and medical care.
The group asks farmers and land owners to open their barns to feral cats and provide them with food and water. In exchange, the farmers get cats that control their rodent populations.
Adopt A River Cat Co-founder Donna Feeley says the program has been successful so far, but it is always in need of volunteers and farmers who can provide shelter and food.
Adopt A River Cat was founded in the 1990s to help a pack of feral cats that once lived along Illinois’ Fox River.
To help, or for more information, call Donna Feeley at (630) 377-7191.