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Volunteer group urges county help for stray cats; animal control says shelter is full
Summary
A volunteer coalition asked Union County commissioners for funding and operational support to address stray cat colonies. County officials said the animal control shelter is at capacity and no changes will be made immediately; commissioners offered to consider funding but took no formal action.
Jillian Miller, a member of the Cotton's Bay and New York Coalition, asked the Union County Board on July 1 for county help funding spay/neuter and vaccination services for street cats and for support trapping cat colonies across the county.
Miller told the board her volunteer group has operated local trap‑neuter‑return efforts for "about 4 or 5 years" and that fundraising alone is "unsustainable without government funding." She said veterinarians charge the…
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