where the colony resided

The cats lived near a body of water and an abandoned house. Those who lived nearest the group werent always allies and threatened the cats . Sometimes a cat from the group wasnt seen ever again and it was feared death by natural or unnatural causes.

Briefly the cats were encouraged to eat on the porch of this house- away from prying eyes. The porch turned out to be part of a shack owned by a Korean church which did not give permission for the strays to be fed there.

The humans grappled with the question- was the group safe there? Did they need to be moved? Were we safe feeding there at night? The only definite answer was the group needed to be trapped, spayed or neutered before being returned there or elsewhere. (The "group: being the cats.)