Carol’s Ferals

In February 2006, Carol Manos noticed some stray cats behind a Burger King in Cutlerville, Michigan. Carol saw that these cats were not very friendly, and later discovered it was because they were feral.

Feral cats are cats that are either born outside, have not lived with people, or are not socialized to be with us. In a sense, they are “wild” cats. Although these cats are no one’s pets, they still need help from people to stay healthy and live their lives without causing problems for neighborhoods and to their own population. Carol decided to start trapping them for the purpose of spaying and neutering. This quickly became Carol passion as she learned of the great impact it would have on the cat overpopulation problem. The breeding potential of one intact female cat and her mate and their offspring is estimated to be 11,000 cats over the course of 5 years. Carol decided there was no better way to help cats than to fix as many as she could.

In 2005, Carol officially formed Carol’s Ferals, a 501c3 Non-Profit based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Carol’s Ferals organizes and guides people who are feeding stray and feral cats to do Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). Sanctioned by Alley Cat Allies and many other humane animal organizations worldwide, TNR is the best way to control the overpopulation of free-roaming cats. By spaying and neutering homeless cats and returning them where you found them, you can stabilize the population to a manageable level, eliminate problem behaviors that go along with mating (like yowling and fighting), and provide the best possible life to the cats themselves.

Carol’s Ferals is here to help you change the lives of neighborhood cats for the better. For starters, Carol’s Ferals offers traps to loan and we will teach you how to properly use them.

And remember, “Just because you can’t touch them….Doesn’t mean you can’t help them.”