A ‘tsunami’ of cats and an accusation of cat theft has stymied adoptions at Oregon shelters. Lawmakers want to solve the problem

A ‘tsunami’ of cats and an accusation of cat theft has stymied adoptions at Oregon shelters. Lawmakers want to solve the problem

A bill would make clear the hordes of stray cats need only be held for 5 days — not 90 — before they can be adopted.

Accusation of cat theft has stymied adoptions at Oregon shelters. Lawmakers want to solve the problem - Salem Reporter

It’s been a tumultuous several years in the world of Oregon’s cat adoptions — with a booming population of cats brought on by the pandemic, tearful conversations over how to best address the problem and even a lawsuit accusing a local humane society of cat theft. Together, those factors have crippled the cat adoption system. The cat theft accusation — that a humane society violated state law by adopting out a Salem family’s cat that it mistakenl…