Eartipping in Fairbury

I get cats_either feral or strays_eartipped when they are at the vet for spay or neutering because

when talking with the Chief of Police he said that when they have complains from neighbors the police will shoot cats that don't have any visible ID, such as a collar and tag.

Pretty weak criteria in my opinion because any outdoor cat can loose a collar easily. He did agree to not shoot cats that were eartipped as those would have been neutered and vaccinated for rabies.

Many owned cats roam Fairbury streets and even if I don't adopt out to a home that won't keep the cat indoors, I don't know what could happen in the future so that if the cat is to be adopted out in Fairbury, it'll be eartipped.

And of course the ferals and hard strays that we return are eartipped too.

On photo is Luciano, one of our housecats; he lived with the ferals and was trapped as such. He proved to be most friendly and worth a second chance at homing so that we took him in and fostered. Eventually he wormed his way into our hearts and now is part of the furmily.

I'm fostering Sergio whom I got eartipped too because I thought he could be adopted out in this town. However after a week at home Sergio proved to have food allergies so I hope to adopt him out in a place that has pet stores selling grain free cat food. Being the economy what it is ordering Sergio's food online can get expensive otherwise.