A Public Speaker Calls On The College Station City Council To Do Something About The City’s Feral Cat Population

Images from Brian Watford provided by the city of College Station that were shown during the October 24, 2024 city council meeting.
Images from Brian Watford provided by the city of College Station that were shown during the October 24, 2024 city council meeting.

The lone public speaker at the last College Station city council meeting (October 24) called on the governing body to do something about the city’s feral cat population.

Brian Watford says for the last seven years, he has been managing a feral cat colony behind the Sonic restaurant on Harvey Road that he owns.

Watford suggested the city employ a pilot program that is being used in Montgomery and Fort Bend counties.

While audience members applauded Watford’s comments, mayor John Nichols said “I will indicate that the city is aware of this and is working on updating the guidelines on this issue.”

Six hours later at the end of the council meeting, Nichols was suggesting public comments to address an unrelated topic when he used Watford as an example, “reminding us that we don’t have a good policy or we haven’t really addressed the feral cat issue.”

Click below to hear comments from Brian Watford and John Nichols during the October 24, 2024 College Station city council meeting.

 

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