Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO â A colony of 31 cats living at a property on Putney Road was trapped, spayed or neutered, and given vaccinations if needed. Annie Guion, executive director of Windham County Humane Society, received a call from Brattleboro Animal Control Officer Cathy Barrows around February or March. âThen we had to do our homework to come up with a plan and get all the pieces in place,â Guion said. âWith the colonies, the advice is to try and get everybody done at one time. If you do it piecemeal, you donât keep up with the reproduction rate. You do all this work but you donât shrink the colony.â