I work in a college town and agricultural area. The area has a huge feral/abandoned cat problem. One contributor to the problem are cats adopted during the school year and dumped in the park in the summer. Another contributor to the problem are cats that are acquired as mousers and never spayed or neutered, resulting in unwanted litters that are then released into fields and parks in the area, causing an explosion in the population.
Please spay and neuter your pets and never, ever take on responsibility for an animal you are not fully prepared to commit to.

