San Antonio homeowners fall victim to feral cat population explosion
Cat advocates argue that the feral feline population can be controlled and that these cats should be allowed to roam and hunt freely because that’s their inherent nature. Others disagree.Retired nurse Annie Spradley is moved to tears when she describes the damage done to her yard byThey tear up her flowers, use the beds around the house as their litter box and sleep on her patio furniture, leaving them stinking of urine.
She’s also contacted the city several times, only to receive emails informing her the matter “has been investigated by the department and has been closed.” The San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition, a volunteer organization that promotes the spaying and neutering of outdoor cats, estimated several years ago that there were at least 262,000 stray cats on the streets of the city and Bexar County.
The city also has a high abandonment rate for cats and many cat owners fail to get their pets spayed or neutered to prevent them from breeding. Cats are territorial, she explained. They’ll spray their area with urine, which acts as an olfactory Keep Out sign to other cats.
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