Sunday, October 6, 2013

Feral cat colony divides Salem mobile home park

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — There's a cat fight at the Center Street Mobile Park focused on the question: What to do with the park's feral cat population?

Assistant manager Juan Torres wants to see the cats gone. He estimated that 40 to 60 feral cats live in the park and only 10 percent of them have received appropriate vaccinations. He said he's received complaints from some park residents who think the cats are a nuisance and others who say they have gotten sick from them. To that end, Torres said he's trapped one of the feral cats and removed it from the park, taking it to a farm to live instead.  More