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 meeting.