AR-News: (US) W.Va. County Overrun by Stray Cats

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

1 hour, 6 minutes ago Strange News - AP 


FAIRMONT, W.Va. - Marion County apparently is being overrun by stray cats. 
Brenda Leonard, manager of the Marion County Humane Society, said she has no 
idea how many there are, but the problem is so bad, "I have people who rent cat 
cages, set them by their house and try to catch them for us." 
 
Leonard said they received 28 cats at the shelter between March 11 and 26. 
Fairmont Council member De'Andrea Bussey is proposing owners register their 
cats and get a license, like dog owners do. The registration fee would go to 
the humane society's spaying and neutering program. 
Sometimes people lose their cats and they can't be identified because they 
don't have a tag or some form of identification, Bussey said. 
The humane society won't let a cat 6 months or older be adopted unless it is 
spayed or neutered. Sometimes people don't have or don't want to spend the 
money to have their pet fixed, Bussey said. 





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