Feral felines continue to be a topic of conversation among Auburn city officials.
City councilors will again discuss the city's cat population Thursday at a work session meeting. Rita Sarnicola, of the Animal Resource Center, will also give a presentation on the subject during the meeting.
This will be the second of such presentations this month. At its last work session meeting on Aug. 7, councilors discussed humane population control with the local organization Feral Cat Friends.
Feral Cat Friends has held clinics at which volunteer veterinarians spay or neuter, test and vaccinate captured feral cats in order to release them. This technique controls the population by creating steady colonies that do not reproduce, representatives said during the meeting.
The city is inviting local groups working with feral cats in an attempt to solve its own issues with the animals, Auburn Mayor Michael Quill said at the time.
Local veterinarians have estimated that there are thousands of feral cats living within Auburn's city limits, and city hall receives consistent complaints from residents about the animals.
There will be no session for the public to be heard during Thursday's 4 p.m. meeting.
This will be the second of such presentations this month. At its last work session meeting on Aug. 7, councilors discussed humane population control with the local organization Feral Cat Friends.
Feral Cat Friends has held clinics at which volunteer veterinarians spay or neuter, test and vaccinate captured feral cats in order to release them. This technique controls the population by creating steady colonies that do not reproduce, representatives said during the meeting.
The city is inviting local groups working with feral cats in an attempt to solve its own issues with the animals, Auburn Mayor Michael Quill said at the time.
Local veterinarians have estimated that there are thousands of feral cats living within Auburn's city limits, and city hall receives consistent complaints from residents about the animals.
There will be no session for the public to be heard during Thursday's 4 p.m. meeting.
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brew1234 wrote on Aug 19, 2008 11:37 PM:
karl wrote on Aug 19, 2008 8:08 PM:
How many proof was it?
Don't go driving anywhere--you don't want to hit another pet and not stop, as you usually don't...
"city rabbits"?!?! Eating them?!? I honestly have no idea what you're talking about?
The only thing I've said about cats is what I ALWAYS say about cats:
"BOO to cats!" "
The Truth wrote on Aug 19, 2008 5:51 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Aug 19, 2008 5:22 PM:
The workers were very nice, wonderful folks really, but clearly overworked and in danger of letting things slip through the cracks.
If Auburn really wants to do something about the feral cat problem, the city needs to FUND things more -- more staff, less fee to the people who do the hard work of catching and bringing the kitties in to clinics, etc.
No "chinese chicken" dishes, please -- if people were more responsible about their pets in the first place, we wouldn't have the problem. But now we do, we have to go from where we are -- and it costs money to properly address ANY problem in a city (or the surrounding countryside). "
anonymous wrote on Aug 19, 2008 4:25 PM: