NORTH RIDGEVILLE, Ohio (WOIO) – A person is pleading for his neighbors to cease feeding stray cats as he cleans his yard of animal waste.
“I’ve filled a five-and-a-half-gallon bucket up, just from my yard alone,” mentioned Jason Bock.
The North Ridgeville native says he has handled the difficulty of big quantities of animal waste for almost a decade and believes folks within the neighborhood are feeding feral cats.
“City hall, I’ve contacted them; the building department was down here and inspected my yard, board of health as well, they were down here as well, and they said there was no defecation in my yard,” mentioned Bock. “But there are other folks, like you asked, just continuing to feed.”
He says it attracts different animals, together with Raccoons and Skunks.
He says the odor could be overwhelming.
“I put my mom into a car over here in my driveway, started the car up, and the smell of urine, it was so bad she threw up,” mentioned Bock.
The North Ridgeville police division says it handles animal complaints and issues for town, including feeding feral cats is a violation.
But proof have to be offered.
The mayor’s workplace says Bock has reached out, and metropolis officers are conscious of the state of affairs.
As Bock awaits some kind of decision, he has a plea for whoever is feeding the cats.
“Just stop, you’re destroying the neighborhood,” mentioned Bock.
Bock believes at instances, over a dozen cats have been within the space.
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