A couple in the Middlesex County village of Kerwood, west of London, says their neighbourhood has been overrun by cats, to the point that it’s negatively impacting their quality of life. Randy and Cheryl Campbell claim their township, Adelaide Metcalfe, is allowing the problem to get worse by not doing anything to resolve the issue. “They’re running the neighbourhood,” explained an exasperated Cheryl Campbell.
“They’re in buildings behind the house. They’re in the garage. They’re in hidden rooms.
Transport trailers.” She said the problem began about ten years ago when their neighbour across the street started bringing the cats home. It was about 20 at first she said, but before long it multiplied to over 100.
Campbell said some of the cats are injured or sick, they’re left to their own devices outside so they roam the streets, they defecate in peoples’ yards, they lounge around on patios, and they’re a general nuisance. Five cats sit on a patio in Kerwood, November 15, 2024 (Bryan Bicknell/CTV News London) The Campbells say they’ve gone to battle over the cats with their neighbours, and they’ve tried to get the local authorities to do something about the cat infestation, but to no avail. “I’ve called the township.
I’ve called the OPP. I’ve reached out to every avenue that I could see possible. It all keeps going around in circles, that I need to go back to the next person, and one person says go to this person,” said Campbell.
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