A controversial plan to reduce the city’s feral cat population sparked heated words between members of the City Council, which voted to approve it after more than an hour of public discussion Tuesday night.
The 6-1 vote was met with applause from supporters of the community cat management ordinance, which calls for the animals to be trapped, removed, spayed or neutered, and returned.
Mayor Adam Ropp spoke of an ongoing “feral animal problem” in Guthrie and Logan County that has seen a “significant reduction” because of a Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) program started by Lisa New, the founder of Helping Community Claws and Paws.