This is just one of more than a dozen sites in Glens Falls, Queensbury, Lake George and Hudson Falls manned by five All Cat Kinship volunteers. They pay money out of their own pockets to try to enhance the lives of stray, abandoned and feral felines.

McDonald believes there is a substantial problem of feral and abandoned cats in the tri-county area, although she doesn’t have exact numbers because there is no shelter in Warren County. In Saratoga County, about 35,000 cats roam freely, she said.

All Cat Kinship posts pictures on its website and Facebook page to advertise strays or abandoned animals. In collaboration with HOPE (Help for Orphaned Pets Exist), a rescue group in Wilton, they have been successful in finding lasting homes or at least, foster “parents,” for most of them.

The ferals, however, have no hope of adoption and have to be cared for differently. The volunteers set up feeding sites with adequate shelter and try to trap the felines so they can be spayed or neutered by a veterinarian. They can then be returned to their familiar environment. They try to re-trap them annually to keep them up to date on their shots.