Tracy Brod taught her daughter a teenager to drive in the parking lot at the West Idaho Fair in 2014 when he noticed a woman who feeds stray cats near Les Bois Park.
After more than a decade of diligence and care, Brodt has helped reduce this wild cat population from about 200 to less than 50. The Human Society in Idaho supported the project, supporting the efforts of Spay and Ceater.
But cats need a new home as construction is intensifying to turn the old Les Bois Park sites into the home of Idaho’s first professional team: Boise Athletic Club. The USL League One club is expected to start a game in March 2026.
“Since Les Bois Park was selected as our new website at the stadium, we have worked closely with the Brod family – who has taken care of the wild cat population in the last decade – to guarantee the safety of wild cats,” the Boyze Athletic Club told the Aidaho statement.
“With the consultation of the Brod family with the humane society in Idaho, they follow the best practices for gradually moving cats outside the construction areas. Access has never been restricted to wild cats. Our common goal is the well-being of animals, as we continue to build an AC Boise home that reflects our values.”
The wild cat population, who lives in Les Bois Park, will have to be moved as construction begins for the Boise Athletic Club football stadium.
The Broades said they plan to capture and move cats to a temporary farm home owned by a local veterinarian, but still work to find a permanent home for animals.
Over the years, Tracy and colleague lover and volunteer Carol Stevenson and her partner Gregor Addie have taken care of abandoned kittens, sick stray and wounded cats from their own pockets. They feed and provide water to the cat population in Les Bois Park daily.
“If you meet a savior of wild cats, you met someone selfless,” says Dona Brown, founder of the Garden City Cotts non -profit project. “These wild cats, the greater part of them, will never even allow you to touch them. But these people take care of them because they want them to have a good life.”
Terry Brod, Trace’s husband, said the family spends tens of thousands of dollars every year, taking care of stray cats, including food and veterinary bills.
“My wife’s specialty is when they find kittens who are really sick or abandoned or cat hurt,” Terry said. “My wife is like a super nurse. She is really good to get them back to health.”
Tracy Brod has been taking care of the wild cat population at Les Bois Park in Garden City for more than a decade.
Brodts estimate that more than 90 percent of the wild population in Les Bois Park has been scattered or castrated. Many cats have lived there throughout their lives, but the area has also become a landfill for unwanted cats. Broadts help to get cats that have been tamed, including kittens.
“My wife feeds so many cats,” Terry said. “You wouldn’t believe how many boxes of cat food it opens overnight. It’s amazing.”
Although there is a plan for the current wild population in Les Bois Park, Brown predicts that the area will continue to be a haven for stray cats, which means that the Boise Athletic Club will probably need a long -term care plan.
“The thing that people do not understand is that you cannot destroy the cat population, even if you were heartless and did it, because they will always be cats to fill,” Brown said.
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A population of wild cats lives in Les Bois Park in Garden City. The Brod family has been taking care of them for more than a decade.