European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Heidi Childers left and Bessie Lerner with three homeless cats. Abandoned Cate scratching the surface of an age old problem Sis Holub Gus Schukei Hon Wem Childers above place Load near a building trying to entice a stray it into her trap. The food bring the cats out from hiding above right and one inches closer to the trap. One at the Kittens right from a eat Childers caught earlier in the year gets a Cheek up from t German veterinarian. Layout by Lou Johnson by Diana Valdez staff writer if it had t been Lor Tho Paw that playfully jetted from under the food Pavilion Al Cambrai Fritsch Cavern in Darmstadt. Germany Heidi Childers anther friends would be 3.000 Marks Richer today if i had t seen that Kitten s Paw. I could be sleeping much Betler these  said Childers Al her Home in Gau Bischofs a. A Small Lown near mama. Sometimes i wish i had never seen  ii was that Baleful Day in february that changed her Home and life and fed har on a pain that now includes seven friends and their Homes and lives As Well. Amer seeing that Paw. I was naive and idol Jet Tho Kitten belonged to someone so i Well inside the Exchange to buy a Cage so i would have something to carry it in she said. Her quest Tor a Cage and her curiosity led her to Gungor Erol in the Exchange cashier s Cage. Biol who has been feeding the Cambrai cats for four years told  that there were Many stray cals living near the Exchange. One thing led to another and soon Childers the wife of a defense department civilian found herself in the abandoned cats business. She been trapping and placing stray cals found on american caverns in Mainz and surrounding areas since. The problem is Lar bigger than i Ever thought she said. Some Are wild but most seem to be abandoned. People jus dump them to gel rid of them. And it must be a big problem because we see More and More Cala each Lime we go out Childers uses a trap obtained from a private German club to catch the cats she takes them to a veterinarian Lor a full examination shots and sterilization. Then the cals Are transferred to her Home or to one of her friends Homes until a permanent Home is found. This medical and Fosler Home care has Sot the group Back 4,000 Marks about $1,950 in expenses donations have totalled Moo so far.1 we could use Money but that s nol the priority. We need Good Homes for these  she said. Also we need someone to build some cages Lor us. If we had Mare cages we could Start trapping More cats. Especially before the Winter closes  01 All the places she visits which include military installations at Ramstein Wiesbaden Mainz and Rhein main she said Darmstadt is the worst she has trapped 10 cats there including a pregnant cat which has since Given birth to four healthy Kittens the Mother of the pregnant cat was one of six cals that froze to death during the Winter this year said Erol who had the unpleasant task of pulling the dead cats out Iron under the Pavilion. Erol feeds he cats five times a week from food he or friends have donated despite the teasing he gets from other employees and the Money it costs him. Those interested in donating Shiyo the to kit ins vhf Bee meth Ful fun Bra oni 9".be sri bal ref of try put cd of i us i flu an la of in Cass 30 i in is Page 14 the stars and stripes