Gone fishing

This weekend, we sent a trapping team out to try and rescue a momma cat and her six kittens, estimated to be about 6 weeks old.
Carley and Paulette headed out, and met up with Dick, the kind man who had found this family, and Dan, the "landlord" of the felines.
Momma had raised her babies underneath Dan's house, in the foundation, where residual heat kept things cosy, and they were protected from the elements. Dick had been feeding her, so she was in pretty good shape.
Our intrepid volunteers had to climb on their bellies underneath the house, trying to grab kittens (who had never seen people up close before) as they went. Dick had great luck with an old fishing net, scooping three of the kittens in it.
Our team succeeded in grabbing all of the kittens in a short amount of time, but momma cat was scared off. The kittens were taken to Sandy's for fostering, and we arranged for a humane trap to be dropped off at Dick's so that he could try to get momma.
This morning, he did.
Momma cat is now safely ensconced in Sandy's basement, happily reunited with her babies. She knew them, and they knew her, and they all started nursing right away.
As soon as the kittens are weaned, we will have this lovely female spayed, and the kittens will be adopted out to screened and approved homes and will be spayed or neutered.

And we have decided to get a fishing net to help with future kitten catching.