Plans For Feral Cat Control

There is hope for addressing the concerns of citizens over growing colonies of feral or displaced cats throughout the city of Cumberland.  After a city council meeting earlier this month, Relove Animals’ Julianne Zimmer-Stammer met with officials to introduce a plan to address the overpopulation. Working with area nonprofits and the Animal Shelter, Zimmer-Stammer says the plan has three phases to help control the colonies…

“How to properly feed so there’s not a lot of extra food, so that there’s not plates everywhere which was a common complaint. And the second prong of that plan is do T-N-V-R which is trap, neuter, vaccinate, and return. And then the third prong would be maintenance – that would be communication to have them let us know when new cats show up.”