AR-News: (US MI) Feeding neighborhood felines 'cruel'

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

The Saginaw News 
Sunday, May 09, 2004 
THE SAGINAW NEWS 
A Saginaw County official says it's time residents did their part to nip the 
cat problem. 
"People feed these cats to keep them around," said Mark Wachner, Animal Care 
Center director. "They keep them just healthy enough to breed." 
Some Saginaw neighborhoods are overrun with wild cats, and they're causing a 
nuisance, Wachner said. 
"They get caught in the fanbelts of people's cars, they're a traffic hazard, 
they prey on birds and, let's face it, if they're using the neighbor's sandbox 
as a litter box, the neighbor is going to get upset," he said. 
"There are also people out there who hate cats. These animals are bearing the 
brunt of some cruel people. The life of a street cat is very difficult." 
The life expectancy for a street cat is two years, compared with 15 for a 
pet, he said. 



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