So there you have it!!! Yeah! I wrote back a quick note that said it sure sounds like there's going to be a happy ending, and I thanked him for caring for that cat! (Actually, I should ask him to put me in touch with that TNR program to find out what they're doing and how they're running it. $5 for spay/neuter! Wow!)Ms. XXXXXXXX
Thanks for your note. After the column ran, I was contacted by someone involved with a local feral cat program. The offending cat actually still comes around, though he now spends most of his time beneath a nearby neighbor's house and he seems unwilling to pick anymore fights with Jenka or my indoor cats. I've set up a separate dish for him at the far corner of my lot, where he and some of the other ferals now eat and fight. I plan on trapping him again and bringing him in for neutering (just $5 under the trap-neuter-release program) as soon as possible. I'm hopeful he'll be a bit less aggressive when he's re-introduced to our neighborhood.
Anyway, thanks for reading the column and for taking the time to write.
All the best,
Mike Tsai