Originally Posted By wonderingalice In December, Mr. Alice and I were visited at the Plaza Inn by a gorgeous Maine Coon who filled up nicely on chicken from our plates. Having only seen the kitties lurking in the bushes before, I was so surprised at how tame this one was... Came right up to us, but stopped short of taking the chicken directly from my fingers. Another observation... They're all SO clean and well-groomed looking! Just like house cats... Beautiful!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I've only seen one, and it was on the top deck at the Hungry Bear. It freaked me out at first, but then I was really excited to see it. It seemed like it was used to the crowds, and just came out to see if anything interesting was going on. After a little while playing with the kids, it came and sat under my chair for a while. It was kind of fun, and everybody was interested in it (not excited to the point of scaring it away, but definately the highlight of the meal for most people there).
Originally Posted By bean great pictures but just out of curiosity why the the word "FERAL" in the title. These cats are cared for and not really wild cats.
Originally Posted By bean just to add to my last post. from <a href="http://www.feralcat.com/" target="_blank">http://www.feralcat.com/</a> "So, you ask, what exactly is a feral cat??? Read on, and you'll learn more about a problem that's causing a lot of suffering --- and costing you money!!! Feral cats are the 'wild' offspring of domestic cats and are primarily the result of pet owners' abandonment or failure to spay and neuter their animals, allowing them to breed uncontrolled. Feral cat 'colonies' can be found behind shopping areas or businesses, in alleys, parks, abandoned buildings, and rural areas. They are elusive and do not trust humans." just curious as to why that word would be used unless it was only because the title also has DCA's name on it.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I believe the cats are reffered to as feral, sine Disney doesn't really care for them in the traditional sense. Sure, they probably make sure they all have their shots and stuff so they don't get guests sick, but I don't think they really feed them. That way, the cats have an incentive to take care of rodents that may be unwanted at the resort. I think some of them have little shelters to live in, but most are just sort of homeless within the resort.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer I use the term "Feral" since that is always the term I have heard used when referring to the wild cats at the Disneyland Resort... <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/01/TRG7CCGFFD1.DTL" target="_blank">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/01/TRG7CCGFFD1.DTL</a> >>15. Disneyland is home to feral cats -- nobody knows how many -- that come out at night, after visitors leave. Years ago, more than 100 were discovered living inside Sleeping Beauty's castle. <<
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Hmm...that article reminds me that they were testing some really cool lighting techniques on Sleeping Beuty Castle just befor teh 50th (anybody else remember the picture of it all decked out for the 4th of July?). What ever happened to it? I assume the technology was at least, in part, used to do the iasw projections for the Remember fireworks, and eventually for the holiday fireworks and random appearances. It sure would be cool if they could use that on the castle though, since those pictures looked pretty cool. Also interesting to note, they say that one of the rides know for people getting caught showing affection on is iasw, but according to Lutz, a lot of the problems with the boats backing up in there comes from a lack of cameras of any part of the building.
Originally Posted By bean thanks for the answer. I had never heard of any Disney official refring to them as feral. Its interesting to see that they are refered as feral by outside sources. By the way the cats are monitored and their poulation monitored. they also do get some feeding to make sure they are kept healthy and they do have shelters in sporadic areas of the park.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd Do they do any spaying to try to keep the population under control? It seems to me that the cats aren't just going to voluntarily stay within the Disney gates.
