CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Residents in a Cherokee County neighborhood are at chances over the feral cats in their area.
Kris Baker said the cats have actually been around for many years.
“We’ll just put some food out for the cats that are hungry and that’s all we were doing,” she said. “We’re not claiming the cats, they’re not our cats.”
But the growing cat population has her next-door neighbors and house owners association grumbling.
Recently, Baker said she found cat traps near her home.
“How do you know you’re not catching someone’s pet or a mother cat that’s still nursing a kitten,” she said.
Baker informed Atlanta News First she wishes to know why these cats are such an issue and if she’s doing something incorrect by feeding them.
Planned Pethood of Georgia said not always.
“You’re not doing anything wrong by feeding feral cats, everybody needs to eat,” Planned Pethood of Georgia Executive Director Elizabeth Burgner said. “But you’re contributing to the problem if you’re feeding the cats and not altering them.”
Burgner said that overpopulation is an issue throughout Metro Atlanta, however numerous citizens who grumble don’t understand it doesn’t need to be a bad issue.
She continued to state that’s a point she frequently discusses to the Home Owners Association.
“They’re digging my gardens or leaving footprints on my car, but what they’re also doing is keeping away any vermin,” she said.
Burgner said they loan traps for feral cats to be generated for spaying or neutering.
She likewise said there are programs throughout city Atlanta that can help.
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