MIAMI COUNTY — The Village of Pleasant Hill in Miami County have finally found the solution for their feral cat problem.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00 p.m., feral cats have been an issue for months in the Miami County village and they just found the solution.
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“There was a lot in the summertime, for sure. It’s calmed down a little bit since winter,” Abby Boone, of Pleasant Hill said.
Boone told News Center 7 that she has seen cats hang out near the coffee shop where she works.
One even jumped out of a dumpster as someone was taking out the trash.
“They just kind of roam around the orange. One likes to hang out here. One was in the igloo just getting warm,” Boone said.
Pleasant Hill Mayor Brenda Carroll Estimated about 200 cats were in the village at the end of last summer.
She shared a picture that showed 14 cats hanging out in someone’s driveway.
“I definitely saw at least like 13 out there for sure. Like a lot of them,” Boone said.
Village Officials have been working since November to find an answer to the problem, and Carroll said a council meeting on Tuesday helped them find one.
“The town’s been talking about a trap, neuter, release program, which is really one of the only solutions that we’ve come up with,” Carroll said.
Carroll said the village partnered with a local vet to provide low-cost spay and neuter services.
“We trap cats. We take them up to their appointment, bring them back home, and put a release back about into the community,” Carroll said.
The vets will notch the cat’s ear to make sure they don’t trap the same cat twice, and if a trapped cat has a collar or a chip they will return the cat to its owner.
“There has to be three readings on it, so it’ll take three months for us to get it started. But in the meantime, we can start getting volunteers ready,” Carroll said.
Carroll said she expects the program to start operating in April.
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