Stephen Thomas has had his fill of stray cats venturing onto his property, thank you very much.
Thomas, who lives in the 300 block of North Buckeye Street, implored Iola City Council members Monday to seek ways to curb the number of cats, calling the stray cat situation in his neighborhood “the worst.”
Because Iola does not have a leash law for cats, animal control is prohibited from rounding up the stray felines.
Council members promised to look at the city’s ordinances regarding cats, to determine if anything else can be done.
There is one solution, courtesy of the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility.
Blessed with a grant from the Barbara and Hershell Perry Trust, ACARF can provide animal traps, along with vouchers, for residents to catch stray cats, and then have them spayed or neutered at a local animal clinic.
The best practice is to have those animals fixed, and then returned to where they were found, to prevent other cats from encroaching the neighborhood.
ACARF can provide up to two vouchers at a time, and can dole out others once they’re used.
For more information, contact ACARF at (620) 496-3647.
