About two weeks ago I went to a business meeting at a local hotel and today I have to rant about what I found. As I approached the entrance, I noticed many cats lurking around the perimeter of the building. After the meeting, I asked the hotel clerk about them. She told me they are all feral cats and the hotel staff feeds them. Hmm …..perhaps some better solution could be found.
I called the local police department to find out what, if any, programs the city had in place for dealing with the problem of feral cats. I was shocked when he laughed at me and said “Hey lady, those feral cats are part of the eco system! Why would you want to mess with the eco system?” I’m sorry, but that just seems a very coldhearted and uninformed point of view! These poor animals are all skinny, many starving, all subjected to diseases, probably flea-ridden, suffering. I don’t get it. Aren’t we better than this as a society? How tragic.