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396380.: weak; gordon@masoncounty. com Members of the Humane Society of Mason County trapped 72 feral cats on a wooded compound off Johns Prairie Road, spayed and neutered them, and then returned most of them to the same site. 1" “Feral cats don’t make godd house pets,” said Lynda Haskell, the group’s treasurer. ‘- She added, “They can bite you, and scratch you.” . Kitten Rescue of Mason County in Shelton is full. And the Humane Society of Mason County does not yet have a fa- cility — it needs about $3 million to build and stafl‘ an animal shelter and officer space on 5 acres next to North Mason High School in Belfair. Last August, the nonprofit organization cleared the prop- erty and installed a driveway. Afew weeks ago, a man called the Hu— mane Society to say feral cats were stray- ing near a storage rental unit he is living in on Johns Prairie Road. ‘ “I said, ‘You’re only getting the over- flow,’ ” said Katherine Johnson, a mem- ber of the board who has been trapping cats for 10 years. Six members of the group searched the area near Aloha Court, Rhododen- dron Place and Challenger Drive and the local businesses. “One of my Volunteers said, ‘I found it,’ ” Johnson said. . The site is the home of an 88-year- old woman who lost her partner a couple years ago. She has been feeding cats on the property for 20 years. Holes have delveloped in the floor of an over- Wise unoccupied doublewide manufac- IG MlNHiES NOPI'H Di 0! i'Mi’l/x ON HVVV NH 1 MILE CHER (gm/1 0 1mm um Hi! Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 - Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page A-3 ~72 feral cats captured, fixed, released Katherine Johnson, a cat trapper for 10 years and a member of the Humane Society of Mason County, on Tues- day waits for the last of 72 feral cats — now spayed and neutered to return to the Johns Prairie property where they roamed. Journal photo by Gordon Weeks tured home, where the cats receive food and water. “It was probably one of the saddest situations we’ve ever seen,” Haskell said. “When we said we were with the Humane Society, she was embar— rassed,” Johnson said. People dump their cats at the mill d0wn the road, Johnson said. Short- term renters also leave their felines Book now at littlecreek.com ‘ LITTLE CREEK CASINO 'RESORT i i behind, she said. It took a couple of weeks to trap all the cats. 1 Of the 72. cats, only one was spayed or neutered: the owner’s house cat. Eleven were transferred elsewhere; two had severe dental diseases, fe- line coron‘avirus. On Tuesday afternoon, Haskell and Johnson drove the last 11 cats inc. ‘1 roofine to the property. They were a mix: a Siamese, tuxedos, tabbies, all black. Most were reluctant to leave the car- riers, even with the~doors Wide open. Once 'outside, they scurried under vehicles or bolted into the tall grass, and presumably back into the dou- ble-wide where food awaits. “We can’t do anything more for them,” Haskell said. Serving Western Washington for over 50 years #ATROOI*111PR $599 on 10% OFF “mllsmm ON ANY NEW ROOF 0R RE-ROOF Call us now for a free estimate (360)456-3822 Notvafldwithmymoflnmwmbawmmdumdmodm 4 max: #AiROOI*111P