Guantnamo has a feral cat problem. Operation Git-Meow to the rescue.

[Judi Lynn]

MARCH 31, 2017 6:00 AM
Guantánamo has a feral cat problem. Operation Git-Meow to the rescue.


BY CAROL ROSENBERG
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GUANTÁNAMO BAY NAVY BASE, CUBA

This base best known for its wartime prison has cats. Lots of cats. Kitty cats. Dumpster cats. House cats. Abandoned cats. Foster cats. Stray cats. Tabby cats. Cuban cats.

And, by the estimate of activists who want to do something about it, it has upward of 500 feral cats.

In an unusual alliance, some troops, civilians and visitors have teamed up with the global animal rescue group SPCA International and are asking the Navy’s permission to sterilize the cats. They’re also setting up a non-profit organization to help soldiers or sailors on temporary assignment here adopt them and take the home.

The group’s name? Operation Git-Meow.

“I have taken care of over 40, actually 50, cats in about three and a half years,” says Git-Meow founder and foster-cat mom Tina Marie Parr, the wife of a base contractor. She has built a small shelter in her backyard and is scouting for something larger, more permanent. “The reason I do it is to help the population of cats here to be able to get some decent homes.”

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/guantanamo/article141813974.html#storylink=cpy

[shenmue]

1. Awwww

[SharonAnn]

2. They're on absolutely the right track. Spay/neuter is the way to go.

I'm on the board of a non-profit spay/neuter clinic here in rural/suburban East TN. We do 6,000 spay/neuters a year (both dogs and cats). We're making a difference in the number of animals dealt with by our shelters and the number of cats/dogs dying from neglect or car accidents.

[dbackjon]

3. As long as they don't release them

Spay/neuter/release should be illegal.

Cats should only be indoors. Any outdoor unrestrained cat needs to be removed from the outdoors.