No, no — not actual detonating cats, but the population surge of feral felines during the spring and summer months. The Humane Society of Pinellas County sent out this release to me today:
The Humane Society of Pinellas currently has over 100 cats awaiting adoption to new homes. An article from Live Science, written by Andrea Thompson, blames global warming for increases in nationwide cat populations. Cats usually breed during the spring and summer – with global warming they have become year round breeders, says Kathy Warnick, President of Pets Across America, a national adoption organization. Today more than ever, animal shelters across the United States are reporting skyrocketing influxes of cats and kittens being brought into their agencies. Many believe global warming is extending cat breeding seasons and causing the cat population to swell.
Barb Cultice, developmental assistant at the Humane Society, then calls on people to adopt cats from the nonprofit.
This joins other pressing worldwide effects of global warming including a drop in the number of Bulgarian prostitutes and our dwindling maple syrup supplies.
This article appears in Aug 22-28, 2007.