On Monday evening, around 5:30 p.m., Kathy Runnion placed two metal cage traps near a cottage at the Martinelli Ranch, with bowls of moist cat food strategically placed in the front, middle and the back of the enclosures.
Ms. Runnion’s group, Planned Feralhood, is working on behalf of the Marine Humane Society to capture 15 feral cats at the 250-acre ranch.
For many years, a tenant living at one of the homes on the ranch,…