BUCKHANNON, W.Va (WDTV) -A cat drawback is taking place in Buckhannon.
On the Buckhannon Riverwalk Trail. There is a cat colony. Some locals declare there are as much as 50 cats, and walker Dan Smyte informed WDTV he believes the felines are a hazard to the general public.
“I feel like there is a threat to people that walk here every day. They had an incident in Morgantown where a rabid cat bit a person,” mentioned Dan Smyte, path walker.
On March eleventh, the Buckhannon Animal Care and Control Board voted to place indicators up telling individuals to not feed or dump cats on the web site. However, residents say indicators are being ignored, and so they need public companies to step up.
“I think animal control needs to come down here, do their job, and take them to the pound,” mentioned Smyte.
Last yr, the Lewis-Upshur Animal Control. Sprayed, neutered, and rehoused 27 of the cats. Yet, the power informed WDTV that town of Buckhannon must deal with the present state of affairs.
“If the city does not want them fed. The cities needs to figure out how to enforce the ones that are feeding them to get it stopped. Because as long as people are feeding them. People are going to dump them,” mentioned Janella Cochran, supervisor of Lewis-Upshur Animal Control.
5 News reached out to the mayor of Buckhannon, Robbie Skinner, and he informed us cameras might be the subsequent choice, however presently, metropolis corridor has performed all it will possibly Because West Virginia Wesleyan College presently owns the property, and a land switch course of continues to be ongoing.
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