Boy Scout Makes Cat Shelters For LifeLine Animal Project

ATLANTA, GA — Local outdoor cats may get a warmer home for the winter. Tyrell Cooper, a Boy Scout from Troop 3310 and Westlake High School senior, made insulated cat shelters for LifeLine Animal Project's Pets for Life program.

According to an email from LifeLine Animal Project, he dropped off the homemade shelters in early December.

Cooper made the insulated cat shelters — called Feline Abodes — to protect community, or feral, cats from the elements as part of an Eagle Scout community project. Cooper is an honors student at Westlake who plans to major in ecology in college, according to the email.

LifeLine Animal Project manages Fulton County and DeKalb County animal shelters, and offers numerous programs in the community, including Pets for Life, which LifeLine took over from the Humane Society of the United States in August 2017. Pets for Life offers accessible, free animal welfare services to people with pets in underserved areas of Atlanta. This includes free spaying and neutering; free vaccinations and license tags; free pet supplies; and free information and services for pet care and wellness.

The Pets for Life team will distribute the cat shelters to neighbors who take care of outdoor cat colonies. The colonies have been trapped, neutered and released, and are looked after by neighbors, according to the email.