Dozens of new volunteers and cat organizations have sprung to meet the problem, but they say they’re facing burnout.
And as the summer kitten season wears on, the cat population shows no signs of stopping and the volunteers aren’t sure they can keep up with the work.
There are groups of cat colonies, in all corners of the five boroughs, especially in low-income neighborhoods with extra empty space. The South Bronx, Jamaica, Queens and South Brooklyn are all stray cat hot spots. It’s not always a super visible problem — stray cats are shy — and it’s generally not as acute an issue in lower Manhattan or Midtown.
Earlier this month, Animal Care Centers of NYC, which is the main, city-supported nonprofit pet shelter system, actually restricted new arrivals, although Katy Hansen, their director of communications, said they still took in cats in need. “It’s definitely a problem,” Harrison said. “Free roaming cats do impact wildlife. We all want the same thing. Nobody wants free roaming cats in the environment. The problem is so huge that we all need to work together.”
“We need to we need to remove the strain of feral cats from the environment, for the protection of public health and safety for protection of wildlife, and really for the benefit of the cat population as well,” he said.The work to keep neighborhood blocks more orderly and cats taken care of has fallen to people who are more affected by the issue.
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