A Community Cat Garden

Video via ABC 7 news

The Humane Society of Silicon Valley (HSSV) in California has the "Garden Cat Adoption Program At The Marilyn & Fred Anderson Community Cat Garden" for placing feral, outdoor-loving cats into homes that will allow the cats to roam. Above is a news clip about the innovative program.

They note that: "Cats available for adoption in the Garden Cat program are looking for a home in settings such as a barn, warehouse, corporate campus, or plant nursery. In exchange for room and board, these cats help their owners by keeping rodents away."

This unique program has led to more than 260 adoptions.

"A feral cat coming into a shelter is actually a death sentence because there aren't alternatives in some cases for those animals," said Carol Novello, president of the Humane Society of Silicon Valley. "So we wanted to come up with an alternative so that those animals were given the second chance that they deserve."