The Municipality of Amorgos and Animal Zone International have worked together to place another cat feeder at Vroutsi. The feeder is installed in spot where there is a large colony of stray cats being fed leftovers by the locals. Our objective for placing the feeder in that spot is to offer nutritionally proper food for the cats as well as to maintain cleanliness in the area by providing food in the feeder and not on the ground.
Additionally it is hoped that this will minimize the prevalence of animals that are malnourished, cachectic, and therefore, more vulnerable to disease. It will also reduce the need for stray cats to forage from other sources (such as garbage bins or restaurants), which in turn creates other problems. With the intensive program of sterilization for the stray cats in these specific areas, the goal is to keep the cat population from growing out of control.
We ask residents who feed the stray cats to place dry cat food in the new feeders and not on the ground. We hope everyone is pleased (including the cats) with this smart improvement!
