'CATATUD'

While gathering dishes scattered around a salvage yard in Longmont, Jennifer Greenspan spots a weeks-old kitten. She stops, whispers and motions to the skiddish kitten. She kneels down and ever so slowly, yet with quick cat-like hands, grabs the offspring of a huge tom cat roaming nearby. Meow.

"You've gotta have cattitude to do this," says Longmont's self-proclaimed feral cat savior. Greenspan's main goal is to feed, catch and fix feral cats.

But, the amount of money she spends on food each week, between $250 and $320, doesn't leave enough to cover vet fees for spay and neuter. There is one vet who allows her to bring two cats a week for fixing, though. Two cats is like a drop in a bucket. They're everywhere: under cars, in barns, old trailers, sheds, alleys...

“Once you see those animals, it stays in your head," she tells me as I photograph her on a recent trip.

As the little kitten with puss oozing from its eyes hangs out in a cage I ask Jennifer what she will name the kitten.

"Chance," she replies after pausing a moment. "Cause that's what she got today."

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A feral cat kinda mission