SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – A rising variety of feral cats is inflicting some concern in Scott County.
The animal shelter there says consumption is up, together with cellphone calls complaining in regards to the cats.
While they might seem cute and innocent, tons of of cats roaming across the space may cause extra injury than you’d suppose.
Just for the reason that starting of 2023, till now, the Scott County Animal Shelter has had practically 700 stray cats come to their shelter. While a few of these have been adopted, extra are nonetheless on the county’s streets.
Nathan Millikin, assistant director of the Scott County Animal Shelter, says that this can be a man-made drawback that comes as a direct correlation of individuals not spaying and neutering animals.
He says they’ve obtained calls from individuals complaining about feral cats coming onto their property, however concern of spreading illnesses or affecting pure wildlife is their most important trigger for concern.
“Cats can see some diseases; it’s not seen very often, but as far as domestic animals go, they’re far more likely to get rabies compared to other animals,” mentioned Millikin. “Growing up in Georgetown, we could be in our backyard and watch rabbits run in the backyard and listen to all the songbirds and things. Speaking with fish and wildlife not long ago, they said, ‘Hey, feral cats are an issue, especially if we’re trying to keep species here.’”
While he says he’s by no means seen a case right here in Georgetown of a cat spreading an excessive amount of illness, he mentioned research present that it’s doable, and that is one thing they’re working to get forward of whereas they’ll.
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