
Sherry Birk has a small cat community that lives under her home on Sailfish Lane in Avon. Protected by three concurrent fences, and featuring a pair of sheds where the cats can find a little extra shelter, Birk inherited the 15-year-old cat colony when she purchased the home about eight years ago. “The couple who owned the house before us did a terrific job of protecting the cat colony, and we wanted to do the same,” she said. “We built a corral within a corral, and the goal was to protect the cats from stray dogs.” Birk is at her Avon home for only a portion of the year, so she partnered with Debbie Martin, Director of the nonprofit Friends of Felines Hatteras Island organization, to provide continual care for the long-term cat residents. Cat colonies, or cat communities, are not uncommon on Hatteras Island, and there are a number of small groups of feral cats that are provided [...] Editor's Blog | Full Article