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 Meet Nallision!
Nallision's TNR was Sponsored by Hazel Mumaw, a very compassionate 10 year old!

Nallision is a female, approximately 9 weeks old, and weighed in at just 2.6 lbs. She is a playful little kitten, who has learned well from her mom that she needs to be very leery of new things, and people. Sometimes though, she can't help but to break the rules and be a little curious. She REALLY loves to eat!

Thanks to Hazel's generosity, Nallision will be able to grow up just "being a cat." She won't have to worry about raising litter after litter of kittens, and her likelihood of becoming sick are much less after being TNRd at such a young age. 

Thank you Hazel, from Nallision and all of us at GCCC! We are so grateful to have such a smart and caring kid wanting to help make Mountain Grove a better place for the community cats!

 Meet Celine!
Celine's TNR was sponsored by Pam Riehl. 

Celine is a female, around a year old, and she weighed in at 5.3 lbs. There were no medical concerns at her vet visit.
Celine is a lingerer, always watching what is going on at her caretaker's house, and never too far away. She doesn't necessarily want to be near people, but she knows where the easy meals come from! She is a very pretty girl, and has long whips of hair coming from her ears.
Sadly, it is believed that Celine either lost her kittens or abandoned them, as it was found at the vet that she had a very small amount of milk, but there was no evidence that she had been nursing babies (we also checked before taking her to the vet and it did not look like she was nursing). Regardless of what happened, that will not be a concern any more, since she can now just linger in the shadows, and wait for that food bowl to get filled up!

Thank you Pam, from Celine and all of us at GCCC!

 Meet Buster!
Buster's TNR was sponsored by Jill Freeman. 

Buster is an adult male, who weighed in at 7.5 lbs for his vet visit. He was found to be very healthy with no medical concerns. 

Buster unfortunately was likely abandoned by his previous owner. He showed up at his caretaker's house one day, and never left. She has been searching for his owner for quite some time, but has not been able to find them.  He is incredibly sweet, and was purring and rubbing on the live trap the entire time. 

Buster would be a great candidate to be a house cat, and his caretaker is going to work on placing him in a home. 

Thank you Jill, from Buster and all of us at GCCC!

 Meet Speckles!
Speckles TNR was sponsored by Carol Ellis. 

Speckles is a young female cat, less than a year old, and weighed in at 3.9 lbs for her vet visit. She is very healthy, and the vet found no medical concerns. 

Speckles is a watcher. She's very smart, and she is always observing her surroundings. As for her personality, she was very timid yet tolerant of the TNR process. She stayed dignified throughout, and was overly eager to have dinner after her surgery. Who can blame her? Don't we all like getting catered to?

Thank you Carol, from Speckles and all of us at GCCC!

 Meet Mercy!
Mercy's TNR was sponsored by Angelique Goldschmidt.

Mercy is a young adult female who weighed 5.7 lbs at her vet visit. She did not have any major medical concerns.

Mercy has had it rough on the streets in her short life. As you can see from her picture, she already has some scrapes and scars from just trying to survive. She seems to be at the bottom of the pecking order in her colony and gets picked on quite a bit. She is very timid with other cats and people, but we are hoping her being fixed will make her life a little easier from here on out!

Thank you, Angelique, from Mercy and all of us at GCCC!

 Meet Harley!
Harley's TNR was sponsored by Sheri Harrison.

Harley is an approximately 9 week old male kitten, who was perfectly healthy at his vet appointment, and weighed in at 2.7 lbs. 

He is just a little guy, and is quite shy and reserved, in part because he gets pushed around by his sisters. AT this point in time, he is just doing his best to learn from the adults in his colony, and figure out how the world works. He was very calm and collected throughout the TNR process, even though he was scared. He did his best to be a brave boy. 

A great life ahead for this sweet little baby! 

Thank you Sheri, from Harley and all of us at GCCC!

 Meet Lady Whiskerly!
Her TNR was sponsored by MawMaw Marcia. 

Lady Whiskerly is a mature adult female, who weighed in at 7.5 lbs at the vet. She was overall healthy, but was suffering from a foot abscess that had to be cleaned and she was given a long lasting antibiotic shot. 

Lady Whiskerly is afraid of nothing, and is the boss when it comes to her colony. She even runs off the big males. She has had many litters of kittens, and in fact had brand new babies when we trapped her colony last month, so we had to leave her and come back once her and her kittens were old enough to be separated for a day. 

Now she can just focus on keeping the other cats in line. 

Thank you MawMaw Marcia, from Lady Whiskerly and all of us at GCCC!

 Meet Moomer!
Moomer's TNR was sponsored by MawMaw Marcia.

Moomer is a young female cat, who weighed in at 3.1 lbs for her vet visit. She had no major medical concerns.

Although she is still just a kitten, she was already coming into heat, and likely would have been adding to the population in a couple more months. Luckily, we caught her just in time, and she will never have to experience the burden of raising kittens on the streets.

Thank you MawMaw Marcia, from Moomer and all of us at GCCC! 

Meet Freya!
Freya's TNR was sponsored by MawMaw Marcia. 

Here's what we know:

Freya is a grey tabby, approximately 1 year old, and weighed 6.1 lbs for her vet visit. She has no major medical concerns.
Even though shes young, she has recently weaned kittens, and was in heat to produce more. We caught her just in time to prevent another litter. She is rarely seen at her caretaker's house, and is truly very feral, not wanting to be near humans whatsoever. 

Thank you MawMaw Marcia, from Freya and all of us at GCCC!

 Meet Elsie!
Elsie's TNR was sponsored by Linda Blum.
Here's what we know:
Elsie is a young female who weighed in at 5.6 lbs for her vet visit. She was sent home with a clean bill of health, however the vet did let us know that Elsie has genetic abnormality that caused her to be born with a short tail, crooked teeth, and she also has a twisted paw. Not to worry though, Elsie doesn't even notice that she's different, and she gets around just like any other cat would!
Elsie is a sweet, quiet and gentle natured cat who you can tell would really like to be friendly with people, but she's still just a little too scared.

We hope that over time Elsie will come around, and maybe even decide that being a pet isn't such a bad idea! For now though, she can just enjoy hunting without the worries of raising kittens, thanks to her amazing sponsor!

Thank you, Linda, from Elsie and all of us at GCCC! 

 Meet Levi!
Levi's TNR was sponsored by Sheri Harrison.
Here's what we know:
Levi is a young male kitten who weighed in at 4.4 lbs at the vet. He was sent home with a clean bill of health.
He (along with many others from his colony) has a genetic abnormality that caused him to be born with a short tail and crooked teeth. These abnormalities do not cause him any pain or discomfort, at all.
The first thing we noticed when we caught Levi in the trap was how unique he is! He is solid white, and has one green and one crystal blue eye! We definitely think Blanco is his dad.
Despite Levi's bold looks, he is a shy and reserved little guy, always making sure he checks out his surroundings before he makes a move.

Levi is set for the best life he could possibly have, all thanks to an act of kindness from someone who just wanted the best for him.

Thank you Sheri, from Levi and all of us at GCCC!

 Meet Augustus Rex!
"Auggie" had his TNR sponsored by Lori Proe.
Auggie is an adult male, who weighed 8.6 lbs at his vet visit. He was sent home with a clean bill of health, but he does have lots of scars on his face from fighting. Luckily he will no longer find fighting for girls worth it, and his wounds will soon heal.
Auggie is a mellow guy, even described as a gentle giant. He did not want to be handled, but he stayed cool as a cucumber throughout the entire TNR process. He really loved the canned food he got after his neuter, and ate 3 servings!

Thanks to his caring sponsor, Auggie can focus on filling his belly and lounging around from here on out.

Thank you Lori, from Auggie and all of us at GCCC! 

 Meet Murphy!
Murphy's TNR was sponsored by Jill Freeman.
Murphy is a young male, less than a year old. He weighed 5.4 lbs at his vet visit, and was sent home with a clean bill of health.
Murphy is quick on his feet, so quick in fact the first time he was trapped, he managed to slip out of the trap before the door even snapped shut! Luckily he was not afraid to come back again, but the second time we were prepared, and used one of our best and fastest traps to make sure he couldn't slip out a second time.
He's very street smart, and is always aware of his surroundings. He sat in the shadows and observed everything that was going on before he approached the trap, but he just couldn't resist the smell of that canned cat food we had out for him!
Murphy is also a little "spicy" and was not a fan of being around humans. Little does he know it was only because of a caring person that he is set up for a wonderful life ahead!
Thank you Jill, from Murphy and all of us at GCCC! 

Meet Boss!
Boss had his TNR sponsored by Keith Brilhart.
Boss is a juvenile male, who weighed in at 5.8 lbs for his vet visit. He was sent home with a clean bill of health from the vet. 

This guy is friendly with his caretaker, who has known him since he was a kitten. He will even let her pet him, but he keeps a big distance from anyone else. He can regularly be seen hanging out with his brother, who looks identical to him, but has long hair.
Boss is very observant, calm, and quiet. He just kind of hangs out in the background, and goes with the flow. 

We are hopeful that now since Boss was given the gift of TNR, he will become even more trusting of his caretaker, and move in with her!

Thank you Keith, from Boss and all of us at GCCC!

 Queen Jambalaya's TNR was sponsored by Sarah Middlebrook. 

Jambalaya is a mature adult female, who weighed in at 8.5 lbs for her vet visit. She is healthy, and had no major medical concerns. She was however born with genetic abnormalities, resulting in a short "bobtail" and crooked teeth. These deformities do not cause her pain, and she will go on to live a happy healthy life. 

Jambalaya has been a mom multiple times, and is actually the mother of "Levi" who also had a sponsored TNR. She is very smart, and she knew we were up to something on trap day. She went in multiple traps and ate the food without stepping on the "trip plate", so the door wouldn't shut. Persistence was key, and she was finally one of the last cats we caught. 

Now Jambalaya will no longer have to raise kittens, and she can just "be a cat." This is all thanks to her sponsor!

Thank you Sarah, from Queen Jambalaya and all of us at GCCC!

 Meet Mr. Fuzzybritches!
Fuzzybritches TNR was Sponsored by Lori Proe.

Mr. Fuzzy britches is a young adult male, who weighed in at 6.3 lbs at his vet visit. He was given a clean bill of health, and surprisingly did not have any wounds from fighting with the other cats. Maybe his fluff protects him, or maybe he's just a more timid guy. 

Fuzzybritches was a kitten produced out of a very large colony of over 30 cats. That colony was TNR'd awhile back, but this guy managed to slip through the cracks. 

Luckily we got him this time!

Thank you Lori, from Mr. Fuzzybritches and all of us at GCCC!