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        <title>I tried. - It&#039;s What I Do - Acadius&apos;s Blog - SacPaws.com</title>
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        <description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We caught four of five kittens at one of the sites.&amp;nbsp; We only discovered these guys several days ago.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I was checking over a small wall that leads into a shallow trench that holds bushes and plants and I saw a kitten so I got my partner and we got on each end of the wall where I pushed the kittens toward her.&amp;nbsp; The kittens would either go into the trap next to her or she would nab them with a large towel.
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I remember the first night that I could have sworn that there was a pure black kitten but all we were getting were these black and whites, I figured that the black kitten was an illusion caused by the angle of my flashlight or something.
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The other night I looked over the wall knowing that there was at least one kitten left, I spot a black and white.&amp;nbsp; We trap it in a towel and place the little guy into the trap.&amp;nbsp; When he emerged from the towel I discovered that it was the black kitten that I had first seen days ago.&amp;nbsp; This meant that there was one other left with a white stripe across his face.
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; With the colder weather of late, the kitten is laying low and I can&#039;t blame him since we have been marching through his territory like some dinosaur from Jurassic Park, taking his brothers or sisters.&amp;nbsp; I&#039;ll get him/her.
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; What is sad is that one of my other sites might have some deceased kittens.&amp;nbsp; About a month ago the elusive mommy cat had a litter and about a week ago I was told that the kittens had been coming out and eating the food that was placed out for them.&amp;nbsp; There were four of them and different colors.&amp;nbsp; Each night we would go out to this site and wait for the kittens to show up but only mommy and one of her older babies from a previous litter would appear.&amp;nbsp; I was confused since in the past, the mommy would bring her babies to the food.&amp;nbsp; I was concerned.
Today, I checked with some of the employees that are near this site and are aware of what I do and I was told that the babies might have been killed.
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; See, behind the site is a large auto repair area that is fenced in and had large stacks of pallets where the cats took shelter or played.&amp;nbsp; Seems that a week and a half ago there was a truck in the auto area that unloaded these VERY large rocks onto the pallets during the day.&amp;nbsp; This was the same group of pallets that people had seen the kittens playing and resting.&amp;nbsp; Since then the kittens have not been seen.&amp;nbsp; I don&#039;t blame the auto people since they were really not aware of the kittens.&amp;nbsp; I could only stare at this large pile of rocks and feel my stomach turn to acid and ice as I thought of what might have happened.&amp;nbsp; 
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I have to keep on telling myself that I did what I could.&amp;nbsp; Whenever I was out in this area I would feed and stakeout the area.&amp;nbsp; Granted, compared to last year I wasn&#039;t able to go out there as much because of the cost of gas and that I am trying to balance a life for myself as well.&amp;nbsp; 
But I tried.&amp;nbsp; 
I really did try.&amp;nbsp; 
I&#039;m sorry.</description>
        <itunes:summary>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We caught four of five kittens at one of the sites.&amp;nbsp; We only discovered these guys several days ago.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I was checking over a small wall that leads into a shallow trench that holds bushes and plants and I saw a kitten so I got my partner and we got on each end of the wall where I pushed the kittens toward her.&amp;nbsp; The kittens would either go into the trap next to her or she would nab them with a large towel.
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I remember the first night that I could have sworn that there was a pure black kitten but all we were getting were these black and whites, I figured that the black kitten was an illusion caused by the angle of my flashlight or something.
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The other night I looked over the wall knowing that there was at least one kitten left, I spot a black and white.&amp;nbsp; We trap it in a towel and place the little guy into the trap.&amp;nbsp; When he emerged from the towel I discovered that it was the black kitten that I had first seen days ago.&amp;nbsp; This meant that there was one other left with a white stripe across his face.
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; With the colder weather of late, the kitten is laying low and I can&#039;t blame him since we have been marching through his territory like some dinosaur from Jurassic Park, taking his brothers or sisters.&amp;nbsp; I&#039;ll get him/her.
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; What is sad is that one of my other sites might have some deceased kittens.&amp;nbsp; About a month ago the elusive mommy cat had a litter and about a week ago I was told that the kittens had been coming out and eating the food that was placed out for them.&amp;nbsp; There were four of them and different colors.&amp;nbsp; Each night we would go out to this site and wait for the kittens to show up but only mommy and one of her older babies from a previous litter would appear.&amp;nbsp; I was confused since in the past, the mommy would bring her babies to the food.&amp;nbsp; I was concerned.
Today, I checked with some of the employees that are near this site and are aware of what I do and I was told that the babies might have been killed.
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; See, behind the site is a large auto repair area that is fenced in and had large stacks of pallets where the cats took shelter or played.&amp;nbsp; Seems that a week and a half ago there was a truck in the auto area that unloaded these VERY large rocks onto the pallets during the day.&amp;nbsp; This was the same group of pallets that people had seen the kittens playing and resting.&amp;nbsp; Since then the kittens have not been seen.&amp;nbsp; I don&#039;t blame the auto people since they were really not aware of the kittens.&amp;nbsp; I could only stare at this large pile of rocks and feel my stomach turn to acid and ice as I thought of what might have happened.&amp;nbsp; 
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I have to keep on telling myself that I did what I could.&amp;nbsp; Whenever I was out in this area I would feed and stakeout the area.&amp;nbsp; Granted, compared to last year I wasn&#039;t able to go out there as much because of the cost of gas and that I am trying to balance a life for myself as well.&amp;nbsp; 
But I tried.&amp;nbsp; 
I really did try.&amp;nbsp; 
I&#039;m sorry.</itunes:summary>
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