10.  There’s a bit of wild­cat in all of us. 9.   Mama cats are called Queens.  Nuff said. 8.   Ear tip­ping is at least as attrac­tive as ear gauging.

7.   Fer­als eat out­doors – it’s a picnic!

6.   Trap­ping is great exercise.

5.  TNR is trend­ing.  Big time.4.  Help­ing the home­less is a higher calling.

3.  If the cats are cool enough for Rome’s palaz­zos, they’re cool enough for us.

2.  Paws to appre­ci­ate.  Sim­ple as that.

1.  Lucy Mir­a­cle and all of her rel­a­tives – of course!

National Feral Cat Day was founded by Alley Cat Allies in 2001.  Lucy’s book, TAMING ME: Mem­oir of a Clever Island Cat, was released on this day one year ago.

Note: I appre­ci­ate all of you who e-mail me with your com­ments – but if you are com­fort­able leav­ing a reply here, please do so. It con­tributes to com­mu­nity dis­cus­sion. Thank you!