Robert Tomo, a Freeport resident, takes the time every day to feed feral cats. Robert not only feeds the cats but will buy them cat toys and try to help injured cats. Robert says he loves all animals and just wants to help the cats because they are neglected, and they get hit by cars rooming the neighborhood looking for food. He spends about $50 a week and over an hour a day helping neighborhood cats. As soon as a cat hears or sees him, they come running up to him, greeting him with a meow. Sometimes they are so excited they barely let him empty the can of cat food, they try to eat right out of the can while he is trying to place it in their feeding bowl. He uses restaurant takeout dishes as feeding bowls and washes the feeding bowls each day. If one of his regular cats is missing for a day, he searches the area trying to find them. Robert Tomo has also made cat houses out of plastic bins and straw bedding to help keep them warm and comfortable. He has also taken some cats to the vet to be treated for injuries and illnesses. Robert Tomo has purchased cat vitamins and eye drops to help some of his feral friends. Robert said most of the cats in a neighborhood are related to each other and you can see color patterns in cats that are even ten blocks away from each other. He names all the feral cats, there is Mamas, Little Feet’s, Grandpa, Sleepy Head, Happy Face and many others.
Sometimes he will buy them tuna fish or sardines as a special treat. Unfortunately, sometimes a cat will repay him for his kindness by bringing him a dead bird or mouse. One cat would bring him pieces of paper. He thinks somehow that cat recognizes all paper as being money because one day he brought Robert a $5 bill. He named that cat Money Bags. Robert Tomo wishes more people were kinder to all animals and each other.
