If true, awful: MD Animal control lured pets off porches with baited traps and immediately euthanized (no waiting period) (AlleyCat.org)

press release:

BETHESDA, MD— Alley Cat Allies, the only national advocacy organization dedicated to the protection and humane treatment of cats, today condemned Animal Control of Worcester County, Md. after news reports that the agency had trapped and killed pet cats without keeping the cats for the required 10-day holding period or determining whether the cats had owners. West Ocean City residents reported at least five pet cats that had been trapped and killed by animal control after a “relative newcomer” to the neighborhood called the agency. “This is outrageous and unacceptable,” said Becky Robinson, president and co-founder of Alley Cat Allies. “According to neighbors, these cats had coexisted in this neighborhood for years, including one who was 16 years old, toothless, and declawed—but animal control killed them anyway. Citizens lost their pets with no opportunity to reclaim them and no apology from animal control.

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