EMPTY MEOW CORRAL, INC.
NAPLES, FLORIDA

The Empty Meow Corral was started in 2009 when we bought our property in Naples, Florida and found that three cats had been abandoned by the previous residents. Not ones to turn away hungry animals, we fed them and took them on. The three new additions to our family joined the four inside cats that we already had. Three of which are rescues from the North Eastern United States. Within a few months, a female cat started to frequent our property and we began feeding her as well. Not realizing that she was just sizing us up to see if we were qualified to be good caretakers to her new litter. Suddenly, within a months time three darling little under nourished and dirty kittens emerged from the thick brush behind our home. These new little lives would just stare up at us scared to death, but hungry enough to eat and not run away. Sadly, when they would open their little mouths to try and meow, they were so weak nothing would come out. It was then that the Empty Meow Corral was born. Collier County, Florida has an enormous feral cat population and although not enough is being done to help this outbreak, which leads to the sensless abuse and killings of thousands of cats a year, the Empty Meow Corral is a starting point for these precious lives and a much needed change. Empty Meow Corral The Empty Meow Corral was started in 2009 when we bought our property in Naples, Florida and found that three cats had been abandoned by the previous residents. Not ones to turn away hungry animals, we fed them and took them on. The three new additions to our family joined the four inside cats that we already had. Three of which are rescues from the North Eastern United States. The Empty Meow Corral on NBC 2 News! Do not confuse a feral cat with a stray. Ferals are the offspring of lost or abandoned pet cats or other feral cats who have not been fixed. They don't easily adapt or may never adapt to living as pets in close contact with people, but they still need our help. Sadly, many do not survive, however their lives are not easy without human caretakers. Our goal at the corral is to follow the pricipals of TNR (Trap-Neutar-Return). The basics of TNR involve trapping the cats in a feral colony, having them spayed or neutered, vaccinating them against rabies, identifying them with an ear tip, and returning them to their original territory where a caretaker provides regular food and shelter and monitors the colony for newcomers and any problems. Ear tipping is a procedure where a quarter inch off the tip of the left ear is removed in a straight line cut (usually performed while the cat is anesthetized during spay or neuter surgery). It is the only reliable method known for identifying a spayed or neutered feral cat. That's where we need your help at the corral. Our cats will always have a safe non-violent home where we are 100% committed to following the pricipals of TNR. Please take a moment to make a small donation to our corral and help us fulfill our promise to keep our ferals out of harms way and certain death. The Empty Meow Corral on NBC 2 News! | © 2011 Empty Meow Corral~A Feral Cat Rescue | Design by