-> I guess my point here is, I don't know if you friend will ever ever know if   
   -> there's going to be a problem til she tries it.   
      
   Hi Janis, I did not forget You wrote this, just had some trouble getting   
   back. I took and passed on Your thoughts. It is a tough one, but I don't   
   see bringing the wild animal(s) in with her housecats and she does not   
   either, but would love to. The next problem would be getting them. They   
   eat people leftovers, but run from people at closer that 10 feet. They   
   have a perfect hole through the fence they zip right through. Best   
   chance of getting them would be to send someone on the other side and as   
   they ran through, try to grab them. I don't know how sucessful that   
   would be. It just sux to see such nice looking healthy looking animals   
   being left out to nature to possibly meet their end in the cold weather.   
      
   I don't see her rushing over to try and grab them, but I don't think she   
   has spotted them in the last few weeks either. What would, say the local   
   animal shelter do if someone brought in a couple like that? Would they   
   try to adopt them out, or do You think they would put them to sleep? I   
   would hope that even someone from a farm or something would love a   
   couple of Barn Cats to help with rodents, while also helping by taking   
   care of the cats and keeping them in shelter. Where they are sleeping   
   now can't be that good, and I would think the meager food would not keep   
   them going during the winter months.    
      
   Have a good One!   
   Mike   
      
      
      
      
      
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