How many is too many? West Virginia county worried about the population of cats

BROOKE COUNTY, W.Va. (WTRF) Some people in Brooke County are looking for answers on how to humanely decrease the cat population.

Some residents say there’s a real problem with way too many cats.

One man on social media allegedly said he was going to poison them if something wasn’t done.

Concerned residents took the issue to Brooke County Commissioners.

“We do need to find some type of solution to this issue because the number of cats in our county is only going to continue to grow. And someone has to step up and do what needs to be done to help stop the population from growing and then in time, hopefully decrease the population. Mother cats can produce three litters a year and anywhere from 5 to 7 kittens per litter. It just exponentially continues to grow.”

Carri Welsh – Concerned Citizen

“We’re going to coordinate with our animal shelter, with our director to come up with a way to submit the invoices in a manner that will be reimbursable under the grant with the veterinarians. And then there does need to still be some coordination with that concerned group who have volunteered to actually trap and transport these feral cats.”

A. J. Thomas – President, Brooke County Commission

Commissioners say they are also going to confirm this new Spay/Neuter Grant can be used on feral cats.

The Concerned Citizens group plans on going to Wellsburg and Follansbee City Council meetings.

Their hope is for the county, cities, animal shelter, and dog warden to start chipping away at the feral cat issue.

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