Trapping feral cats is a science, and The Milton Project volunteers need items to assist them in their quest.

Now offering a trap loan program, The Milton Project is seeking supplies to aid new trappers in their efforts. Among the requested items are:

• Small spice containers (Plastic Only)
• Medium Size Gloves
• Flashlights and batteries, preferably those that may hook on belt loops
• Hand-held can openers
• Puppy training pads
• Canned Tuna and Mackeral
• KFC coupons (specifically for any chicken only buckets)
• Bath sheets and beach towels
• Blankets
• Buckets to hold supplies for trappers

To donate items, please contact trapping coordinator Sherry Montgomery at sherry@coastalpetrescue.org or 912.351.4151.

Coastal Pet Rescue’s feral cat program, The Milton Project, was founded in 2005 to address the overwhelming number of feral cats in the Savannah area. Since its inception, The Milton Project has trapped over 300 cats, preventing 126,000,000 more cats from roaming the Savannah streets.* For more information, visit www.themiltonproject.org.

*This statistic is based off of studies by The Humane Society of the United States that in seven years, one female cat and her offspring can produce 420,000 cats.

In honor of National Feral Cat day October 16, The Milton Project is launching a trap loan program to the Savannah community.

“The Milton Project wants to help promote Trap-Neuter-Return practices for feral cat colonies,” says Sherry Montgomery, trapping coordinator for The Milton Project. “By starting a trap loan program, more caretakers can utilize the services of SNAC (Spay/Neuter Alliance & Clinic) to halt the reproduction cycles, mating behaviors and territorial fighting.”

You can get full details of the program on Coastal Pet Rescue’s website. You can also view video of the new program on WTOC’s website.

For those volunteers interested in learning how to trap feral cats, a trapping class is being organized. The class will include an introduction to Trap-Neuter-Return, the do’s and don’ts of trapping, and tips and tricks from the Cat Whisperer. If interested, please contact Sherry Montgomery at Sherry@coastalpetrescue.org. More details soon.

The Milton Project assisted a family whose house was struck by lightning in getting their indoor cats out of the home safely. All cats were accounted for and the report from their vet is all are healthy and only lost a couple of lives during their experience with fire and rescue. They will be moved to their new “temporary” home within the next several weeks.

A volunteer reported that she spent some time on a roof at a local fast food restaurant two weeks ago helping to rescue a small feral kitten who had gotten stuck in a tree. After much “cat wrangling” the kitten was out of the tree and headed back to it’s colony.

The Milton Project trapped 27 feral cats this July, including a mass trapping of 13 in Statesboro and another mass trapping of 8 from a single colony. Beach towels and bath sheets are needed for the program. Please contact us if you have any to donate.