Quite The Purroblem!

A Meriden family has been overrun by orphaned cats since Todd Fellegy's neighbor died in June, leaving behind 15 cats that lived in his garage.

Fellegy's family agreed to feed the cats for a week until the humane society captured them, but that was three months ago and now there are 20 cats.

Police couldn't help with the pet problem, so Fellegy and his family notified the neighbor's daughter, but that made matters worse. 

"When she left to go to California, she closed the doors and the cats now have no shelter,” Fellegy said.
 
Around the same time Fellegy reached out to the Meriden Humane Society. “We were promised that if we fed them for a week or so that they would come and trap them and hopefully find homes for them,” he said.
 
No one ever came. At the tune of $20 a week to feed the now 20 felines, Fellegy is running out of money and patience.
 
But the agency might not be able to help for quite some time. Part of the Humane Society's permanent outgoing message says it is overcrowded with cats and it can't take anymore until late October.
 
Now, with the colder weather coming, Fellegy fears the cats might not survive the cold.

“He (the old owner) used to keep the garage doors open and they had some shelter, but there's no shelter for them now.”
 
Until someone offers to take these cats and give them a good home, the litter of untidy, tough to catch kitties just keeps growing.
 

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