GOSHEN TOWNSHIP, Ohio-The thing is this: I like cats, and I have always liked them. I live with a group of people. I won't say how many, but one day I will start coughing up my own fur balls.

Therefore, I will not write this story as a balanced and impartial journalist who works hard every day.

I want to fly my catwoman freak flag and write it as a column. A column about how another woman who loves cats channeled her passion for kittens to make the world a better place.

That woman is Melanie Deere.

In her working life, Melanie is a nurse who cares for critically ill children. On the day off, she uses her superpowers as a TNR expert volunteer to help cats in Clermont County.

TNR, as the cat lovers there might know, stands for "trap, neutral, return." This is the method of catching, disinfecting and inoculating "community cats". (In the past, we called them stray cats.) When they are under anesthesia, a small part of the left ear of these cats is removed-or the tip of the ear-so people can tell from a distance that the cat has been neutered or neutered .

Melanie then returned the cat to their outdoor home. Or-if the cats are very friendly-they will be transported to a shelter for adoption. Goal: Reduce the number of kittens born outdoors, thereby reducing overcrowding in animal shelters, and work hard to eliminate the need to euthanize unadopted cats in shelters in order to make room for other cats.

"I call it Bob Buck who guides my heart," Melanie told me. "Help control the number of pets."

Attention young readers: Bob Barker has been known for hosting the game show "Good Price" for 35 years. Beginning in the 1980s-before the advent of the Internet-he said at the end of each show: "This is Bob Barker reminding you to help control the number of pets-sterilize or neuter your pets." So what Melanie said is us "A very good offer" in the press.

She drove her SUV around Clermont County, with humanitarian traps piled up behind her. When she reaches the place where the community cats gather, well, she will fill the trap with "good and smelly" food. Then she trapped cats wandering in the community.

This is where I come in: I have to look at her.

Please allow me to repeat it.

WCPO 9 paid for me to stand outside looking at the kitten on a good day, watching Melanie try to catch the baby and their mother cat. Then she did catch a kitten. I have to pet the kitten.

Please forgive all caps. I am trying to suppress my enthusiasm, even if I relive the experience in my mind.

Wow, all right. Back to Melanie. After her son and daughter graduated from high school, she became a TNR expert, and she and her husband became empty nesters. She told me she wanted to do something to help the cat. As an analysis-oriented problem solver, Melanie did some research and decided that participating in TNR is where she can play the most role.

"This is the front line. This is the boots on the ground, dirty your hands and have the greatest impact," she said. "I know that is the part I want to focus on."

She thinks this job is also very important for people who don't like cats.

"We are still on the same team," she said. "Our two goals are to reduce the number of cats outdoors. We have different reasons for this. But the bottom line is the same. We want fewer cats outdoors and this is how it happens."

She said that male cats rarely fight after neutering, and their urine is not that smelly after testosterone is excreted from the body. She added that after the females were sterilized, they made much less noise.

"Be less noisy at night," she said. "When they are in a thermal cycle, females do not do this. Therefore, when they are repaired and sent back to their community, it is a more peaceful environment."

Deborah Cribbs refers to TNR as "goodwill to the community."

She is the chairman of the Joanie Bernard Foundation, a non-profit organization that aims to create a "no-cat country".

This is the person in charge of the Scooter the Neutered Cat billboards you might see in town.

The foundation's latest event-called "The Kingdom of Moderate"-focuses on community cats and educates the public about the importance of TNR.

"It's better for society to let our pets at least not suffer outside," Deborah told me. "Without volunteers and their kind deeds, we would certainly not succeed."

She said that the foundation’s work to improve the lives of cats has also helped tri-state dogs, allowing animal shelters to use more resources to help dogs, and the Joanie Bernard Foundation has provided a lot of funding for cats.

But let's go back to cuteness.

The day photographer Scott Wegener and Melanie and I were out for fun, we found her SUV parked in the driveway of a family in Goshen Township.

The host contacted Melanie and said that a nearby mother cat had recently given birth to a third litter of kittens. The homeowner is feeding her mother and she is becoming more social around people. Melanie asked the host not to take out food that morning, so that her mother would be very hungry.

When the four fluffy cute kittens were playing in the tall decorative grass outside the house, the mother stayed behind to watch.

Melanie set a trap, and Mother Cat ran away. More comments here: cats are smart.

Melanie talked to us about her volunteer work, let us take a look at a foster kitten she brought, showing how beautiful the cat’s ears are still after being cocked.

Three of the four community kittens are stray. But in our interview, a gray striped baby stayed behind and crawled under the hood of Melanie's SUV.

After Melanie opened the driver's door, the baby jumped out and hid in some bushes.

Melanie scooped some wet cat food with a plastic spoon, and then sat next to the bush.

When the kitten licked the food, Melanie pulled the spoon closer to her and led the baby out of the bush.

When the kitten got close enough, Melanie picked it up. victory!

That's when I want to pet the kitten. It is too soft.

(Sorry. I'm trying to control myself.)

Melanie then put the absorbent pad into the cat cage in the back seat of her car, and gently put the kitten in it. This kitten has a loud voice but is very humble. Its small tail is caught in its private area, so we can't tell if it is male or female.

When the kitten meowed, Melanie smiled and said what she would say every time she caught a cat or kitten: "His or her journey to a better life begins now. Right?"

As if this wasn't good enough for the ending of the story, Melanie caught Mama Cat later that afternoon.

We are not there. But a few days later she sent me this photo of a newly neutered cat happily returning to her community.

It is—please forgive me once again—too perfect.

Clermont County residents can send an email to ClermontCountyTNR@gmail.com for help with free neutering, neutering and vaccination services for community cats. For more information, please visit milkkingdom.org. UCAN, a non-profit clinic located in the Washington camp, provides free neutering, neutering and vaccinations for trapped community cats, and low-cost neutering, neutering and veterinary care for cat and dog owners.

Charity stories appear on WCPO 9 news and WCPO.com every week. If you know of a kind deed that you think should be emphasized, please send an email to lucy.may@wcpo.com.