Nampa, Idaho » A southwestern Idaho animal shelter is blaming the dour economy and the annual "kitten season" for filling its cages with about 280 cats and kittens, four times its capacity.
The Canyon County Animal Shelter in Caldwell says cat numbers generally rise in the spring, after amorous felines give birth to a new crop of kittens.
This year, the deluge has been bigger than normal because rising unemployment and the poor economy has put a damper on residents' readiness to adopt.
Susi Hersey, manager of the Canyon County Pet Haven cat shelter in Nampa, says the adoption rate has been unbearably slow.
At the Idaho Humane Society in Boise, numbers of adult cats are on the rise.
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