Letters to the Editor
Dearborn's Cat Problem
A Dearborn resident aims to educate on how everyone can help control feral and stray cat populations.
During the 13 years my business has been located in the city of Dearborn, I've heard quite a bit about how the city has a problem with rats. However, after moving into the city to live, I discovered an equally disturbing, four lettered word the city has a problem with: CATS. Stray cats are in all major U.S. cities these days, a problem made increasingly bigger by the difficulties faced in tough economic times. People everywhere have been forced to give up their pets due to a lack of money and this, coupled with how quickly they breed, has dramatically raised the number of homeless and feral cats living on the streets in Dearborn. Adding to this problem is a segment of the population who feels that by feeding street cats they are helping …
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Heather Cook Gilbeau
11:19 pm on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Have a neighbor with what I call the Kitty Condo on her porch where it's an enclosed shelter of sorts with electric heating blankets in the winter and lots of food and water for every stray that wants to visit. It's like a Motel 6 for cats. Also feeds every bird, squirrel and anything else that wants to get food. My car and house are covered in bird poop daily and her next door neighbors roof is … more ›