A Wichita board has rejected — for now — a proposed ordinance to allow residents to keep colonies of up to eight feral cats in their yards.
But the plan will come back after more fine-tuning in December or January.
The proposal before the Wichita Animal Control Advisory Board would allow “community cat caregivers” to register with the city to establish outdoor colonies of feral felines. The idea is to try to reduce the stray cat population by trapping, neutering and releasing them to backyard cat colonies, where they could live out their lives but not produce more cats.
A motion to advance the measure to the City Council failed on a voice vote Wednesday evening after two hours of debate.
(Read more: Wichita Eagle)