City of San Angelo

Internal Feral Cat Discussions

(from e-mail records)

Period Covered by E-mails

• In November 2012 the Animal Services Board raised the issue of feral cats.

• Follow-up discussion occurred in early 2013

• City Animal Services cracked down on one feral cat colony in June 2013

• Paid staff cited varying legal bases in defending the City’s heavy-handed intimidation of feral cat colony volunteers

• Several staff showed a lack of professionalism

General Feral Cat Discussion

Owner = person allowing animal to stay on their property three days

General Feral Cat Discussion

Not all spayed/neutered

Supported by Current City Ordinances

No, this is irrelevant

Not all current on rabies and city tags Yes, for people’s pets. Feral cats are not pets, but the city makes no allowance.

Not being kept on the person that is feeding’s property

Yes and No. The person feeding had permission from the property owner to trap-spay/neuter-return- maintain.

Causing a public nuisance No , the city did not follow its procedure for declaring animals a nuisance

Assertion

Mejor Que Nada Action: Justification #1

Mejor Que Nada Action: Justification #2

Reading Public Winds via Standard Times Comment Section

Lack of Professionalism

City Staff appointed this person to committee drafting feral cat ordinances

Public Information Request

Area Requested:

• Strategy/plan documents regarding feral cats

• E-mail correspondence regarding feral cats since 5-1-12

City of San Angelo Response:

• None produced, despite this being a topic at Animal Services Board for last 2 years

• Several hundred pages , with only one e-mail from Animal Services Director on the city’s policy in addressing feral cats

Initial Submission – June 27, 2013 Documents Produced – July 30, 2013

Public Information Request

Area Requested:

• Copies of all complaints regarding the Mejor Que Nada Cat Colony

• Any documents generated in response to citizen complaints regarding the Mejor Que Nada cat colony

• Other documents and communications (outside #3 & #4) regarding the city’s action against the Mejor Que Nada which began in June 2013

City of San Angelo Response

• Request to withhold sent to Attorney General on July 12, 2013

• City requests clarification, specific identity of items

• City requests clarification, specific identity of items