Christyl Rivers, Phd.
5 min readSep 7, 2018

On Relating To Another Species And Their Care-givers

How can we know when a colony cat wants our help? Christyl RIvers

There are countless stories of people who rescue cats, dogs, birds and more. Most of the stories you will hear end with happy ever after, neatly gift-wrapped feels. But how does one really know, really feel, what a sick kitten for example, really feels? Or can we know how other humans, care-providers for them, are motivated?

We rescued a colony cat with a history that was a locked, black box. The colony…

Christyl Rivers, Phd.

Ecopsychologist, Writer, Farmer, Defender of reality, and Cat Castle Custodian.