Across North Texas animal shelters are full and in Mesquite a long-time resident says stray cats have taken over her neighborhood. Katy Blakey has the story.
In Mesquite, a long-time resident says stray cats have taken over her neighborhood. Barbara Ortega has a problem that hits her as soon as she steps out her door.For two years she says a cat colony has laid claim to her Mesquite yard. The cats prowl at night, leaving a mess and interrupting her sleep setting off her security cameras.
“I might get two or three hours [of sleep],” Ortega said. “About the time I lay down the cameras are going off.” At first, the cats were getting through holes in her fence, so she covered them with chicken wire. They started climbing over the fence. Then, she installed motion-activated alarms that would sound to scare them away. They now walk behind the alarms, she said.
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