Feral cats in the Atlanta area are finding refuge from the cold winter weather thanks to Tyrell Cooper and his local Boy Scout troop.
Cooper, a high school senior and honors student, designed insulated cat shelters — which he calls “feline abodes” — as part of his community service project to become an Eagle Scout. He donated the DIY houses to the LifeLine Animal Project’s Pets for Life Program, which provides free pet care and supplies to animal guardians.
Boy Scout Troop #3310 helped Cooper assemble and deliver the insulated shelters, giving the community’s stray and outdoor cats a safe, warm place to rest amid the harsh weather. They donated the shelters in early December, Lifeline told Patch in an email. From there, the abodes will go to the nonprofit’s clients with outdoor cat colonies.
Outdoor cats are at higher risk of health problems, including weather-related ailments such as heat stroke and hypothermia. Consequently, they also have a much shorter life expectancy than indoor cats, living for just two to five years on average. These felines need as much help as they can get, and Cooper’s heartfelt deed could help some of them live years longer.
In addition to distributing the shelters, LifeLine also runs a humane trap, neuter, and release (TNR) program. The cat colonies who will benefit from the feline abodes have also received services from the TNR program, which helps to reduce the total number of stray cats without harming them.
Lady Freethinker applauds Cooper and his fellow Boy Scouts for helping their local strays stay warm this winter season.
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THANK YOU, Tyrell, for having the one thing our world needs more of – compassion.
Wishing you and your family – they raised you to be awesome, and all the others in your troop who helped make this happen.
Feral, abandoned, and lost cats need ALL the help they can get.
Been commenting that for decades.
Un grand merci à ces jeunes absolument formidables!
Thank you guys.You did an awesome thing.
Great year end news!
GOD BLESS THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THEIR ACTS OF KINDNESS & THOSE WHO HAVE NURTURED IT!!
My comment is to Tyrell Cooper! Your ideas were amazing! Your thoughts come right from the heart, you are amazing being a young person and come up with an idea that would be good for the community AND help those innocent animals that are on their own and need our help God BlessYou for your inspirational work.
OMG that is truly awesome!! Wonder how they made these? I feed a feral cat and would like to make something similar. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Thank YOU, Carrie, for being a Kind Person and caring for an outdoor cat.
You, and these wonderful people make the world a much, much better place.
Small thing with great LOVE <3 makes all the difference.
There's many videos on YouTube sowing how to make these shelters.
Bravo to Tyrell Cooper for doing such a compassionate deed. Cats are homeless through no fault of their own and yet suffer for what people do. Thank you Tyrell and all those who participated and helped.
Well done Tyrell!
The parents of Tyrell Cooper should be very proud – you raised a fabulous kid!!
Bless you Tyrell and your fellow boy scouts. We need more people like you in thos world.
Tyrell and fellow Scout Troop members – you are fantastic people! The world would be so much better with more individuals like you. Thank you so. ucb.
Bless you all for your ingenuity, hard work and compassion! I’ll be sharing the news of your feats of feline heroism with more than a dozen international animal welfare orgs and their activists. Animal rescue is hard and tear-jerking work and they’ll love knowing that you all have their (and your local cats’) backs. All the best to you always.
Awesome! Very well done. These boy scouts can be proud indeed. Best regards from Germany and stay healthy. 🙂
Wonderful young people, helping both animals and their communities. These are the REAl heros!!
No animal or human should ever be torture or harm they need to share a world with us and God
Super cool Boys scouts & main thanks to the Scout Cooper’s efforts to rescue these defenseless felines from their sad situations is a remarkable deed. ALL THE BEST & GOOD LUCK TO YOU & KEEEP THE GREAT WORK MORE IN ACTION…xox.
thank you everybody, you are nice boys and girls. i hope the young generation will be like you in the world.
thank you everybody, you are nice boys and girls. i hope the young generation will be like you in the world.
Thank you, Boy Scout Troop #3310, who helped that intelligent and brilliant Tyrell Cooper with these wonderful cat retreats for the winter. Everyone of you have displayed more love, care and compassion than most adults could ever do and I thank God for you. Please don’t let the evils of this world change your hearts because we need good, compassionate and honest people like yourselves. This story has truly made my day. May God richly bless all of you and your families too.
Cooper….you’re the best, and the other scouts too!
Good job, Cooper and Boy Scout Troop 3310! Thank you for caring!
Wonderful! Bless you!
This Boy Scout IS A WONDERFUL SOUL
Tyrell Cooper and his local Boy Scout troop rock! We need more young people taking a stand and going out of their way to help animals in need! Thank you, thank you!
I wish I could share some of these stories with my Twitter followers. I have 1600 (mostly animal advocates) followers.
There are so many good people in this world. Thank you so much for helping the cats. You’re angels