There are soft hearts among us who, upon discovering a feral mother cat and her kittens in the neighborhood, will put out food. Yet, that act of kindness, understandable as it is, doesn’t get to the ...

Cats were everywhere in the Yakima Humane Society’s spay and neuter clinic on a recent feral day, taking up almost all available floor space. Cats in traps awaited or were recovering from surgery.

For the last several years, Kathy Reidy has been in charge of meals for nearly a dozen cats. One is Paddy, her pet. The shy-around-strangers feline lives in Reidy’s home, among loads of cat ...