CLEARFIELD – Clearfield Borough may soon see itself without animal control officers if the stray cat problem continues.
Mayor Patty Gilliland said at Thursday night’s meeting of Clearfield Borough Council that animal control is upset over the problems with stray cats. Gilliland said that when animal control traps a stray cat, they contact the people who have been feeding it, who then tell animal control that it is not their cat.
As it stands, there is no law that requires cat owners to license their feline pets. Gilliland suggested that council do something to help their animal control officers with the cat problem.
“There is a big cat problem in Clearfield,” said Gilliland. “We recognize it.”
Gilliland said that one option might be for animal control to send stray cat calls to pest control.
Larry Mack, code enforcement officer in-training, said that the borough’s ordinance is not strong enough to enforce anything. He said that when he was on council he explored tweaking the ordinance.
He said that he is still researching ways to stiffen the ordinance.