Mom Jailed; Kittens In Custody

The mother, a dark and not very pretty cat, had a litter of five under our barn. Charlie and Marielle spotted the kittens a couple weeks ago; they were already eight weeks old. We trapped the mother first and took her to Animal Control. The kittens laid low.

A couple days later I saw the gray one sitting on a mossy log in the sun, cold and hungry and utterly dejected. He hissed at me when I came closer but he didn't look like he really cared. We put out a bowl of food for them, gratis. Then we baited the trap.

Over the course of the next few days we caught all five, one or two at a time, and took them to the shelter. They're very wild. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to tame them now.

It's so sad.