Fort Morgan residents can provide feedback on feral cat protocols at a public hearing on November 4th

The City of Fort Morgan will host a public hearing to discuss a proposed amendment to the Municipal Code concerning feral cat protocols.  

Current Municipal Code prevents the release of feral cats back into the city after they have been captured, so they are sent to the Fort Morgan Humane Society.

During the Fort Morgan City Council meeting on Tuesday, October 21, the director of the Fort Morgan Humane Society, Karen Benker, reported that the shelter does not euthanize feral cats. Instead, they work to tame them, and those that cannot be tamed find homes as barn cats. The director also added that many of the feral cats that come into the humane society are already pregnant, and those kittens are later adopted by Fort Morgan residents.

The council was presented with a solution to allow the Fort Morgan Humane Society and the City of Fort Morgan to partner with 'Friends of Ferals', an organization from Fort Collins that specializes in trapping, neutering, and releasing feral cats to help reduce the growing population of feral cats.

The public hearing will be held on Tuesday, November 4, at 6:00 p.m. in the regular Fort Morgan City Council meeting in the chambers at City Hall, 110 Main St. The meeting will provide residents with an opportunity to provide feedback on whether the current ordinance should be amended.