Comments on: County Responds to Mooney Grove Cat Controversy https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2013/12/20/county-responds-mooney-grove-cat-controversy/ In-depth, locally-produced coverage of the Central Valley. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:43:55 -0700 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: N@ncy https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2013/12/20/county-responds-mooney-grove-cat-controversy/#comment-238 N@ncy Sun, 02 Feb 2014 21:47:19 +0000 http://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=2650#comment-238 Join us at Pals of the Grove on Facebook. We are newly formed and will welcome any and all interested in Mooney Grove, Join us at Pals of the Grove on Facebook. We are newly formed and will welcome any and all interested in Mooney Grove,

]]> By: Donna Johnston https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2013/12/20/county-responds-mooney-grove-cat-controversy/#comment-182 Donna Johnston Tue, 24 Dec 2013 17:49:08 +0000 http://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=2650#comment-182 Yes it is "Mooney Grove" but locals have referred to it as "Mooney's Grove" since I can remember and we kind of like it that way. But newcomers you refer to it any way you please. I think it is a non point that ducks/geese have not been bow and arrowed since December of 2012 but stopping that practice was a good thing. In all the time the cats have been in the park has there been one child scratched by one of them and a resulting illness reported? The litter sounds like a human shortcoming as does dumping any animal. I agree there should be ample signs stating stiff fines will be exacted should anyone be caught doing either. If we are fined for throwing trash on our highways why is it not so for our public parks. I'd like to hear more about a solid plan to place the cats in homes or no-kill shelters but that sounds like an effort in frustration considering the number of cats involved. Once these cats are removed it is a fact that more cats will come and form a new colony, and they are not ALL dumped. Volunteers should be careful to avoid confrontation for all the obvious reasons. Yes it is “Mooney Grove” but locals have referred to it as “Mooney’s Grove” since I can remember and we kind of like it that way. But newcomers you refer to it any way you please.

I think it is a non point that ducks/geese have not been bow and arrowed since December of 2012 but stopping that practice was a good thing.

In all the time the cats have been in the park has there been one child scratched by one of them and a resulting illness reported?

The litter sounds like a human shortcoming as does dumping any animal. I agree there should be ample signs stating stiff fines will be exacted should anyone be caught doing either. If we are fined for throwing trash on our highways why is it not so for our public parks.

I’d like to hear more about a solid plan to place the cats in homes or no-kill shelters but that sounds like an effort in frustration considering the number of cats involved. Once these cats are removed it is a fact that more cats will come and form a new colony, and they are not ALL dumped.

Volunteers should be careful to avoid confrontation for all the obvious reasons.

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