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Carbondalians may soon be subject to a fine if their feline friends range too far afield in their pursuit of prey.
At the urging of Roaring Fork Audubon Society President Mary Harris, Carbondale is working on an ordinance modeled on one in Aurora, which prohibits cats from running at large, prohibits excessive numbers in a single household, and requires licensing as well as spay and neutering.
The goal, as Harris explained Tuesday evening to the Board of Trustees, is to stop the slaughter of native and migrating birds.
“They have no voice,” she said of birds. “We only know what’s happening to them through scientific data.”
Harris cited estimates that around 4 billion birds are killed by cats annually in North America.
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