Turf battle at Cal State Long Beach pits cats against coyotes

by kittymowmow on July 16, 2008

Everyone agrees that coyotes — at least two of them — have recently been preying on the scores of feral cats that have lived for decades on the sprawling campus of Cal State Long Beach.

The dispute is over which animals should have to go.

University officials say the cats are attracting the coyotes, and it is the cats that need to be removed. That has outraged many cat lovers who fear the felines will be killed. They say the coyotes present the danger, so they should be evicted.

On Sunday, a small group of cat lovers lined a curb outside the university, waving handwritten signs with slogans such as “Save The Cats” and chanting their message as motorists hooted and whizzed by.

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