A woman named Amalia Dotterrerr from Colorado Springs was trying to find homes for the cats she found roaming on the streets. One is pregnant. She was not able to keep the cats in her apartment, so she contacted the Humane Society who responded to her that their adoption could not be guaranteed.

“They told me they would kill them in 5 days. That’s not right – they’re both healthy cats,” she said.

The Humane Society told News Channel 13 that they tried to be brutally honest with people when they want to bring in animals.

“We are over-brimming with cats, unfortunately decisions have to be made,” said Stacey Candella, spokeswoman of the Humane Society.

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In a few weeks, the population of cats will go up because of the Spring season. Many shelters will be bottle feeding rescued kittens. However, a warning needs to be put out to all shelters regarding milk replacement products.

A local animal shelter lost a litter of kittens to dehydration because the milk replacement product turned rancid.

Kittens 6 weeks old or younger without their mother should be fed on milk replacement products. The most popular one is called KMR. The product comes in a powder form where the package does not have any warning signs that say the product needs to be refrigerated. However, the powder can spoil without refrigeration. The company recommends that you sniff the powder in order to make sure it has not gone rancid, but there is no warning of such printed on the product.

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The city of Oklahoma City tried to help control feral cat colonies by spending approximately $3,000 for a few make-shift shelters in 2009. However, one of the shelters was stolen in less than 48 hours after they were put out. Three more shelters were taken away last week. Only two out of the eight shelters remain.

Claire Roop has spent 11 years providing care and food for the shelter cats every day. She believes that people who target those cat colonies are usually those who believe cats are “a nuisance” according to NewsOn6.

Claire Roop are trying to raise money to purchase surveillance equipment for the shelters. In the meantime she is hiding the two shelters that are still intact.

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Thousands of kittens and puppies made their way to California to be sold or adopted each year. However, many of them ended up dying or being put down.

That’s why animal activitists in Palm Beach County, California are pushing the commissioners to ban pet stores from selling out-of-town kittens and puppies to new pet owners while local shelters and rescue groups are forced to put down thousands of cats and dogs every year.

Animal lover Lisa DeLaurentiis urged the commission to prohibit selling cats and dogs purchased from puppy mills across the county.

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A cat named Troy pushed down a window screen while his owner was taking a shower and went away. His owner, David Gregory, looked around the neighborhood, posted flyers and contacted the Humane Society, hoping the cat would somehow come back. Gregory continued to look for his cat for the next six months until he started fearing that he would not see his cat again.

After two years of waiting, his luck’s turned around this Thursday. Nebraska Humane Society found his cat and was able to identify him through the microchip embeded in the cat. Though the phone number was outdated, they were able to find out the address of the owner and got in contact with Gregory.

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