KETTERING - According to the latest numbers provided by the American Veterinary Medical Association, there are 70 million pet dogs in America, but there are four million more cats as pets, totalling 74 million.
Those extra cats are multiplying, espescially in the Miami Valley resulting in many local animal shelters filling to the max of the furry felines.
The Miami Valley has an exceptionally high number of stray cats running loose in its neighborhoods.
"Cats will multiply, a cat will stay in heat until it's bred, it can get pregnant even while nursing a litter" said Nora Vondrell, Sisca director in Kettering.
That over population has animal shelters like Sisca full to capacity. They already have over a hundred cats in-house, from those playing cat and mouse, to those busy taking cat naps and a couple of curious cats in between, but the one thing they all have in common, they all need adopting.
"My theory is, I always try to put a cat on its back and hold him like a baby because if they like that, they seem to be calmer" said Lorraine Wagley.
Lorraine Wagley and her husband are doing what they can to cure the cat problem, by looking to adopt a second cat to join the cat they already have at home.
"Our cat likes to play and our dog refuses to play with cats" said Wagley.
Shelters are doing what they can to find the perfect home for its cats.
"We run a number of different specials and programs aimed at getting cats" said Vondrell.
Now that the cat's out of the bag, shelters all over hope people hear the cries, and adopt, to reduce the growing crowd of cats in shelters and on the streets.
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