Kittens at the temple in Krabi, Thailand
We focus mostly on dogs here but it's not like we ignore the cats. We give them all the attention we can as well but cats are usually just a lot better at being on their own than dogs are. Cats are not pack animals and prefer to be loners. They also are much less trusting of humans unless they were raised by humans.
At temples though, since they are normally constantly handled by humans and grow up surrouned by a lot of other animals, they are normally very approachable and usually kind.
There is a big construction project going on at Tiger Cave Temple right now so it has been a lot more noticeable that there are a lot of cats here because the noise has kind of made them more active. We went on a feeding run the other day and discovered that we have a lot more work to do as far as sterilization of cats is concerned.
We don't always feed the cats out here. This is not because we don't want to feed them or don't think they are hungry. It is because they normally will stay hidden when we arrive and this is probably because the dogs get so active and scare almost all of the cats away except for the most bold ones.
We found many new kittens on this most recent visit and while I think kittens are as cute as the next guy, if they were born here at the Temple, that means that we accidentally missed a few females and didn't get them sterilized. There is also the very real possibility that the kittens were just left there in the middle of the night and ran to this house area by accident.
We fed them and then checked on the ones that would allow us to handle them in order to categorize them and record who they are the best we can and after review by a vet we will return and if they are still here we will bring the females in for sterilization.
Remember what I often say about how dogs and cats can quickly replicate to become an out of control population? Well we found 8 new kittens here today and 6 of them are female that are nearly at breeding age. If we did nothing, by this time next year that number would easily be 50, perhaps more.
Feeding is not enough, if you do that and only that you increase the chance that they are going to mate and replicate... this is just how nature works. They will reproduce until there are so many that starvation and also disease manages to cull the population back down to a very small number. While this is nature's way we don't want to allow that because there will be too much suffering in the process. We have to intervene now and that is exactly what we are going to do.
If you would like to see how you can help out or simply spread the word, please visit our website at
http://krabianimalwelfare.org
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