A Far North woman should get some relief from the 50-plus wild cats living under and around her council-owned pensioner flat, with the council promising to develop a plan to get rid of them humanely.
The woman, who did not want to be named, has been plagued by a clutter of wild cats and kittens for more than a year, with the animals now numbering more than 50.
They have ripped the underfloor insulation from her unit, defecated throughout her garden to the point she can no longer do any gardening, and the smell and defecation is a health risk, she said.
‘’There’s too many, it’s just so overwhelming and I really just want them gone,’’ she told the Northland Age earlier this month.
The woman had complained to the council and a local cat rescue group had managed to catch some of the cats before they got wary of the cages they used.