‘Cat crisis’ erupts in Surrey, where strays number in the thousands

Animal advocates say Surrey, B.C. is in the midst of a cat crisis

Originally published on CBC.ca on Aug. 30, 2014

Animal welfare groups say the population of stray and feral cats in at least one Metro Vancouver city has ballooned out of control.

The Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association, or VOKRA, estimates that there are 20,000 stray cats in Surrey alone.

“It’s a little disturbing to find that so many are tame,” says MarleneDunbrack, a volunteer cat trapper with VOKRA. “It has to be because people are abandoning them.”

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