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Public commenter urges changes to Laredo feeding rules; staff outlines TNR and registration options
Summary
A retired teacher warned she could be fined for feeding stray cats and urged the city to change nuisance-feeding rules. City animal-care staff said the ordinance is complaint-driven but offered trap-neuter-return surgery slots and pointed to a community-cat colony registration and responsible-feeding guidance.
Laura Reyna, a retired teacher who said she currently fosters and feeds stray cats, told the Laredo Animal Care Services advisory committee she feared fines and asked what the city can do to address the population of community cats. "Three minutes is not enough," Reyna said, describing stress over possible enforcement and neighborhood complaints.
An Animal Care Services representative, Miss Bluestone, said the city does not proactively cite people for feeding animals; enforcement is triggered when…
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