The Chandler Police Department is looking for whomever may have poisoned four feral cats Thursday.

Feral cats, they're everywhere in Yuma County. Sometimes you might spot them going through your trash can at night, walking all over your car parked outside your house, being chased by dogs, running down the street or playing in your yard.

Melissa Newton of Gilbert and her volunteer group of feline wranglers are on a quest to trap and neuter 1,000 feral cats this month.

Two $20 bills or less is all that’s needed to save the life of a homeless cat and keep the number of stray cats from multiplying, feral cat organizations are telling the public today, which is national Feral Cat Day.

It's not a good time to be in the job market - for people or pets.

A Queen Creek woman has built a one-of-a-kind shelter for homeless cats in her backyard. Now, more than a month after the shelter’s completion, Lorie Fessenmeyer and her nonprofit organization, Cats Without a Provider, are seeking donations to fund her ambitious and ongoing project.

Lisa Anderson knew the people who lived in the house on the next street over had a lot of cats. But Anderson, along with other members of various pet rescue groups, had no idea the magnitude of the mess they would uncover as they began retrieving the Persian-breed cats from the home.

With a deadline looming, two factions are debating how to solve a years-old problem of feral cats roaming the Gilbert Riparian Preserve.

As dusk fell, the downtown Scottsdale parking lot was clearing out but there were still more than a few cars scattered about the asphalt. And resting atop a pickup truck was a cat, looking completely unconcerned that his perch might drive away.

For years, the Gilbert Riparian Preserve has been home not only to birds and bird-watchers, but also feral cats, many of them former pets who were dumped there by irresponsible owners. Save the Cats Arizona has been trapping these felines and then putting them into foster homes for rehabilitation with the hope of future adoption. Now they need your help.

Each night, the crawl space under portable building No. 10 at Poston Junior High School in Mesa comes alive with activity.

For years, Gilbert’s Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch has been a popular spot for pet owners to dump unwanted cats to fend for themselves among the elements and wildlife inside the 110-acre park.

Feral cats are friends, not pests.

A sign outside the Arizona Humane Society says the cat you are about to surrender will most likely be put to death. Yet still the public swamps the Humane Society with more than 700 cats a week, nearly twice as many as their two shelters can handle. The intake numbers are equally as startling at Maricopa County Animal Care and Control. Even though cats are now America's No. 1 pet, they perish at an alarming rate in Maricopa County.

Ten people were evacuated Sunday night from motor homes parked at a south Scottsdale Elks Lodge after police said a Phoenix man pointed a rifle at two people trapping feral cats behind the building in an effort to spay and neuter them.

Ten people were evacuated Sunday night from motor homes parked at a south Scottsdale Elks Lodge after police said a Phoenix man pointed a rifle at two people who were trapping feral cats behind the building in an effort to spay and neuter them.