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Global News - October 2007

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Stray cats rounded up at New York airport

Wed 31 October 2007 17:00 UK — North America,Domestic Animals

Picture for article Officials at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport have begun rounding up wild cats and kittens, despite protests from animal welfare groups.

Professional animal handlers started to trap the feral cats on Monday (October 29th). The airport's operator said that the cats would be given over to Animal Care & Control and added that it was likely that most of them would have to be put down.

The roundup was deemed necessary by airport authorities after a large population of feral cats was discovered living in the hub's cargo area.

However, wildlife groups have said that the animals do not pose a threat to the safe operation of the airport and that it would have been more humane for the captured animals to be neutered and returned to the wild.

"If these animal rights groups accept to adopt the cats, we would agree to pay for their neutering," Pasquale DiFulco, an airport spokesman explained to Reuters. "But their return to the airport is out of the question."

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