CumbreCats TNR and Rescue

  As we round up the first month of 2021, Monday, January 25 found our trapper Tina up early and heading over to the Begonias zone.  According to Tina, "Even though Cumbre Cats has already had 6 or more cats from this zone neutered, there are still at least another 6-8 cats that need to be trapped" She reported on this day of trapping by stating, "The first black macho appeared very quickly and was interested in the tasty food in the trap but obviously he was very trap-experienced because he ate all the food without ever touching the trigger. He was very satisfied." Tina saw another few cats appear so she decied to wait around from far away to see what would happen. She concluded that the cats were not hungry, even though they had not been fed since the morning before. She contined, "Finally a young female came along, together with her 2 kitten, which are to be trapped soon. She couldn't´t resist the fine food offered in the trap and went in, touched the ...

  Greetings Cumbre Community, We need your help. Our community fundraising efforts, like the BAKE SALE & RASTRO, have come to a stand still due to the Covid Crisis. So, we are going with another Fundraiser idea to prepare a Cookbook that will be available online to download and in print format too. There is an Easy Form on this website where you can fill in your Recipe Details. We are looking for recipes that reflect the International Flavour of our Community. If there are special ingredients that need specific shops, there is an section in the form to add these details. As soon as we have 10 Recipes, we can release the first Volume and then see how it goes. Thank you in Advance and Looking forward to Your Recipes!! Karla. xx CLICK BUTTON BELOW to Fill in Recipe Form

  BUSY WEEK for our CC Trapping Team.  It started fresh on Monday, January 18, 2021 with Tina up and out by 8:00 in the Begonias zone. She prepared her first trap and watched at a black cat came to the cage, walked around it a few times, ate a few bites then left because an older eartipped macho came by. So Tina had to lure this eartipper away to another place far from the trap and feed him. The other black male came back to the trap and luckily triggered the trap door to shut. Tina quickly covered him with a blanket and put him into her car. Tina prepared a second trap with a very delicious fish soup for cats put it near to the next targeted cat. Again, Tina had get the older eartipper away from the trap. Only a few minutes later the trap was triggered and the door closed. But the trapped cat inside was not worried as it was calmly enjoying a gourmet treat. Tina appeared with the blank to cover him and then he became nervous. By 8:45, Tina dropped the pair off to the vets i...

CONGRATULATIONS to ANDREA & ROBERT. These two team trappers from Cumbre brought in the 80th cat of this campaign to trap*neuter*return the cats of Cumbre del Sol. A Community of Citizen's Initiative! Read her Report Below...   On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 , Andrea and Robert. Report by Andrea A large macho had been active in our area of Olivos . He had many scars on his ears and had been a real fighter. But he was very easy to catch as he was starving and went into the trap straight away. It was hard to see if his ear had already been tipped after neutering, but after investigating his rear end there was no doubt that he was an entire male. And he was extremely aggressive! We took him to Veronica the vet at 11:00 and collected him 15:00. Veronica's assistant Anouk told us not to release him before 19:00, or better still, he should be allowed to stay inside overnight as it was so cold. So he got to spend the night in our lovely, warm apartment. Ted (as we called him) was c...

Welcome to 2021. Our campaign continues to control the cat population on Cumbre del Sol lives to see another day. No events nor trapping was done over the holidays and then we had such rotten, wet weather that everything was put on hold. However, our friends from the village of Benitachell, veterinarian Veronica and her assistant Anouk,  gifted us with 20 kg of dry cat food.  And, to our surprise, a donation gift certificate was also purchased by a Cumbre resident, through Veronica, and was waiting at the vets.  NICE SURPRISE!! Wonderful people.  HOWEVER!! Due to Covid concerns our Bake Sale and Rastro Fundraiser will have to go on hold so we are going to try another standard fundraiser item - A COMMUNITY COOKBOOK. The idea is to collect recipes from our lovely international neighbours and friends and fill a book full of fantastic recipes with ingredients sourced locally. Then we will have a fundraiser item to sell online and also we can print some and sell via outl...