Tacoma shelter overwhelmed with cats after 2 major rescues

Now to a cat overpopulation issue in Pierce County after two animal control cases brought in dozens of cats to the Tacoma and Pierce County Humane Society. FOX 13 has reported extensively on the first case when 60 cats were taken off this boat found near Owens Beach in Tacoma. Officials told us the cats were living in unhealthy and unsafe conditions. Since then almost all of the cats have received initial exams, vaccines and other health measures. But if that wasn't enough, shelter officials say on Wednesday they recovered another 20 cats from an abandoned car. Six of them only days old and six others only a few weeks old. The shelter says these cats were exposed to ringworm. They're now getting treatment at the shelter and while the Humane Society is happy to The staff says this influx is far beyond their capacity. Right now they have over 190 cats at the shelter with another 230 in the foster system. They're asking for your help. This large intake of cats can really drastically affect the shelter. I mean we already are in the summer months which is a large which is a time of a large population for cats. Typically we call it kitten season and animal welfare. There are a lot of cats and kittens coming in. So prior to this we already had a large number of cats in the shelter. So these large intakes of cats with a large influx all at one time can be incredibly overwhelming and can take a lot of resources and put a lot of strain on shelter capacity and population. Right now neither set of cats are available for adoption but there are other ways you can help like fostering or donating. We have a link to those details on our website fox13seattle.com.