“A nonprofit Central Texas cat rescue organization is volunteering to neuter feral cats that have overrun a nearby state women’s prison. More than 300 feral cats had overrun the Crain Unit state prison near Gatesville, said Kathy Kwieran, founder of Kathy’s Kitties, who has volunteered to have cats at the prison neutered. Prison employees and its 2,000 inmates, alike, had grown wary of the aggressive, biting, scratching cats, said Jason Clark, spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The population explosion prompted prison officials to adopt a trap-and-euthanize policy toward the felines. More than 50 have been euthanized, Kwieran said, so she urged alternatives to killing the 150 to 175 cats she estimates remain on the prison property.” w/ photo
