KENTON COUNTY, Ky. (WXIX) – A group of Northern Kentucky animal activists and volunteers wish to see regulation modifications after they state they’ve been pestered and threatened.
Shane’s Sanctuary and Kittyy Adoption Center is more than simply a safe house for feral cats.
The group goes and volunteers to leave food for the feral cats, however the sanctuary’s owner says that is ending up being a threat.
“A man down in Convington threatened to shoot me. This is unacceptable,” says Shane’s Sanctuary owner and Humanitarian League creator Jan Malley. “In the last few years, we’re being harassed. One of our feeders had feces thrown on them. One of them just had their window shield smashed and busted out.”
Animal Activist Stephanie Wette says she stepped up to help after becoming aware of a volunteer being threatened to be battered while putting out food at a property they had approval to do so.
“When I went over there, I also experienced the same thing to the point where I had to call the police myself,” remembers Wette. “A few days later, there was Cayan pepper sprinkled in the yard on private property to deter the cats.”
However, Malley says at Kenton County Animal Services, they rescue cats, however the feral ones are returned on the streets through a program they have.
“There’s a lot of TNR being done by the local animal shelter in Northern Kentucky, however, after TNR, which means spayed or neutered release, the cats are put back on the streets where they are supposedly rescued and the residents don’t want them.”
FOX19 NOW connected to Kenton County Animal Services, and a representative composed why they utilize this approach.
“Studies show that Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the only solution to decreasing the size of outdoor cat colonies,” the representative composed. “TNR improves the health of cats and ends the cycle of breeding.”
Malley said under a various Covington mayor, she and her partner offered to include feeders for cats in designated locations in the city however were rejected.
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