With the help of my new partners in crime, we managed to catch wee Hiro this evening, but unfortunately he escaped again. Turns out he can run quite fast for a cat in his condition. Much faster than the three of us had anticipated at any rate.
The good news in all of this is that we've discovered that he has more caregivers than we originally thought. There's 3 or 4 of us that are doing our best to make sure he stays fed. And our neighbours were surprisingly sympathetic as we raced around the lane trying to catch him. Not one person refused when we asked permission to enter their yards after explaining our goal.
Although it was devastating to lose him after successfully catching him, I am still hopeful that we can catch him again with the trap. Thanks to the tips I received from C4P's more experienced trappers, he finally started showing at least minor interest in the trap earlier this evening. And the three of us have agreed.... we're not giving up. Even if it means we need to stake out that alley every night, we will do so for as long as necessary. He deserves nothing less.
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