CumbreCats TNR and Rescue

 CHRISTMAS GENEROSITY FOR THE CATS OF CUMBRE DEL SOL On December 19, 2021, the CumbreCats team along with the Cumbre Creatives Collective were at the Benitachell Christmas street market. Many Thanks to all of the people who supported the table with the hand made and unique gifts, but to all the people who continued to make donations after the event was over!! It is amazing how many people see what we are doing and want to help with donations. It is a good feeling to know that we the most generous of friends and neighbours in this campaign.  "Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness. When one desires to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being, then generosity - in action, word, and thought - is this desire put into practice. It is important to recognize the "generosity" here refers not just to giving in a material sense, but to generosity of the heart." *- Dalai Lama

  ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS! On Sunday, December 12, 2021, in Pueblo de la Luz a white and ginger male by the name of Chico II was finally trapped. This CumbreCat has been leading a charmed life with his caregiver but the time had come for his baby-makers to go! The caregiver was able to trap the big boy easily because of their trusting relationship. The caregiver continued with the process of getting the cat to our community vet in a transport box. She later picked him up and let him relax and recover in her warm house. Towards the evening the CumbreCat was let return to his area and friends. CumbreCats Campaign team is very grateful to this loving cat caregiver and her husband as they have taken on the small colony to feed and watch over in a friendly and humane way. It is people like this that make the world and especially our community a better place to live. 💘 On Thursday, December 16, 2021, our head trapper was out in the Kalmias zone with the aim of trapping the remai...

CUMBRE COOPERATION WINS AGAIN! On Friday, December 10, 2021, in the Kalmias zone, our head trapper was out with the newest trapper on the team in order to capture and neuter some mature kittens. The CumbreCats team was informed months ago that a little family, a mother with 4 lovely kittens moved into a garden of cat lovers in Kalmias.  According to the head of the trapping team, "We did the mother as soon as possible and the community cat lover fed the kittens. As we were not quite sure about the age, because obviously nobody knows the date of birth, we estimated that they were approximately 5-6 months based on their size. The trapping appointment was set to be in the morning so the kittens were only fed a little food the evening before. The logic of this action was because the mother was not around and we were afraid that the kittens would go off and find another feeding place before we had a chance.  So it was decided that the caregiver only fed them a tiny dinner and they ...

  Today some of the CumbreCats Team dropped off the money raised at the Arts and Crafts Christmas Fundraiser last week. A grand total of $950 euros was delivered to our vet and partner Veronica.  Well done! A big thank you goes to all of th participants in this event and to all the big hearts and caring community of Cumbre del Sol ❣️ xx

ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE WEEK OF TRAPPING ON THE CUMBRE Trapping efforts started on Monday, November 29, 2021 with a local resident from Encimas coming to the rescue. This resident has been taking good care of the CumbreCats in his neighbourhood and has been also trapping them. On this day, he managed to capture the last kitten in a family group. He has now controlled the entire neighourhood.  He reports, "After trapping the last female kitten, I dropped her off to Veronica the vet and then picked her up again at 14:30. She slept until 17:00 and then I took her over to my other neighbour to spend the night in a nice warm and quiet room. The next morning a happy cat was released." This is such great news! I wish all of Cumbre's residents were as kind and caring as this one :) Also on Monday, November 29, 2021, our head trapper was out in Encimas zone at 9:30 with her trapping cage.  She had asked the feeder to not give out any food on Sunday evening so the cats would be hungry a...