Cat ?crisis? overwhelming shelters

Local animal shelters are overrun with cats and kittens, many of them facing death as the shelters run out of room.

Four shelters in Baltimore City and Baltimore County collectively took in 1,410 cats and kittens last month, the most taken in a month this year, said Frank Branchini, executive director of the Humane Society of Baltimore County. He attributed the seasonal influx to cats? reproductive cycles and a sharp decline in adoptions ? a double whammy for shelters struggling to keep Fluffy alive and healthy.