Feral Feline Problem in Hot Springs

Feral Feline Problem in Hot Springs
KARK Little Rock Arkansas - August 3, 2006

Linda Sorrell makes it her mission to feed as many stray cats in Hot Springs as she can but feeding these felines can be physically and fiscally challenging.
She spends over a $100 a month on food and other supplies like traps because she doesn`t want any cats going hungry.
"I can`t turn my back on them," Sorrell says. "I love animals and I want to help them and it`s just my thing that I choose to do. I don`t know how else to explain it."
Unfortunately, Linda is only one person and she is barely making a dent in the feral cat population boom in the spa city.
According to Spay USA, one un-spayed female cat can lead to a population of 11.5 million cats in less than a decade.
The local government really has their hands tied when it comes to getting cats tubes tied.
"It`s important that we have people that are willing to step up and assist," Dan Bugg, Hot Springs Animal Services Inspector says. "If the government was undertaking this program, if we passed some kind of ordinance where we picked up stray cats, I would have to put up a lot of employees to undertake that task."
Because the government can`t handle the situation, volunteers banded together and opened the Guardian Angels Cat Club. On Wednesday, this cat hotel had no vacancy with a population of over 100.
The feral cat problem forces volunteers there to work overtime and until cat advocacy groups can claw their way through this situation it could lead to a never-ending cycle.