From Alley Cat Allies:
A town in Iowa has just announced a bounty on outdoor cats. The mayor of Randolph, Iowa, has instituted a $5 bounty payment on the “catching and delivering of live cats to the mayor.”
Once turned in, the cats will be taken to a local vet and killed.
Mayor Vance Trively is encouraging all residents to take part. Any cat who cannot easily be identified as an owned cat will be killed. The plan is inhumane and ineffective, and it could result in the surrendering of neighborhood pets.
As expected, the citizens of Randolph are very concerned about this new plan and have been expressing their views on the community website -- remarking on both the inhumane approach and the danger to town pets.
Alley Cat Allies has spoken to the mayor and requested an immediate stop to the bounty and implementation of Trap-Neuter-Return. The group has urged the town to put an end to this cruel program.
Click here to contact the mayor of Randolph, IA, and express your outrage at the cat bounty.
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