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Serving Kosciusko County and parts of Elkhart, Marshall & Noble Counties Know Your Neighbor . . . . . 2➤ Good Neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Kosciusko County Community Fair . . . . . . . 8-11 Vol. 56, No. 2
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KCTNR CUTE KITTENS — Two kittens Cindy Lursen is fostering while helping socialize them for adoption. Photos by Abby Oliver.
TNR TEAM — Kosciusko County Trap Neuter Return Vice President Kathy Wright, left, and President Cindy Lursen hold foster kittens in front of one of the organization’s vans used to transport cats to spay and neuter appointments. Photos by Abby Oliver. By ABBY OLIVER Staff Writer Cindy Lursen never expected to spend much of her free time trapping feral cats . But after returning from vacation to find a mother cat and five kittens living in her barn, she called Kosciusko County Trap Neuter Return for help . The organization spayed and neutered the cats, inspiring Lursen to volunteer and recruit her recently retired sister, Kathy Wright . Several years later, Lursen serves as president and Wright as vice president of the all-volunteer organization, which has helped spay or neuter more than 2,000 community cats . “I retired from teaching, and the joke was always corralling cats,” Wright said . “Well, now I literally corral cats .” “We’re the feet on the floor who do most of the
trapping,” Lursen said . KCTNR’s mission is to reduce the community cat population through trap-neuter-return . Every cat receives a spay or neuter surgery, rabies vaccination, microchip and ear tip before being returned to its colony . The ear tip identifies cats that have already completed the TNR process . “Our mission is to reduce the cat population,” Wright said . “Not every friendly cat that is a community cat wants a loving home .” “These feral cats don’t want to live inside,” Lursen said . “They don’t want to be domesticated . They’re fine where they’re at .” Unlike a rescue or shelter, KCTNR responds when Continued on page 3
…works to reduce community cat population
TRAPPED FOR TRANSPORT — A feral cat waits for transport to Fort Wayne after being humanely trapped by Kosciusko County Trap Neuter Return volunteers for spay or neuter surgery. Photos by Abby Oliver.