For years, I've been battling a stray cat problem where I live. I can't count how many cats, I've trapped, had sterilized, and socialized for homes. I don't know how many I couldn't socialize & had to let be wild but trapped, vaccinated, and sterilized anyway. Everyone is always like "oh that's so kind", which yeah, I guess, but it was also a massive problem. There was a time I couldn't go for a walk without finding a dead cat on the road. I've found kittens with a dead mother, ones hiding in the motor compartments of vehicles, a cat wandering around with its head stuck in a soup can, one with a crossbow bolt stuck in its side, many that have been hit by cars & survived, ones with eye infections so bad they were almost blind. It's been ridiculous and unreasonable. Everyone complains but no one does anything. I don't know how much money I've spent on vet bills for animals I'll never see again. Today, I took the last known female in to be spayed. She has 7 kittens who are scheduled to be dropped off at a no-kill shelter next week. There's still 2 unaltered males running around but they have appointments made for August. I feel so relieved that this many-year battle is finally coming to an end. At least for a while. Rural animal dumping still happens (that's how I got a husky!) but at least this place will finally be ahead of the issue and maybe I won't be so broke all the time 😅