Veterinarian Timm Otterson at the Summer Street Cat Clinic, 25
Summer St., has worked with the stray cat population for over 20 years. Whether
the cat is an indoor cat or outdoor cat, Otterson says the best practice to
help keep the stray cat and feral cat population at lower numbers is to spay
and neuter all cats. Community members are encouraged to work with local vet
offices and rescue groups to take stray cats they are feeding or partially
taking care of in for health checkups and treatments of common illnesses carried
in stray cat colonies. The community can also take cats to free rabies clinics hosted
each month by the Niagara
Frontier Veterinary Society and the Erie
County Health Department. By Rylee Shott
