Daily Diversion: PetSmart awards grant to Forgotten Cats

PetSmart Charities on Wednesday awarded a $200,000 grant to Forgotten Cats, a nonprofit organization that traps, neuters, vaccinates and then releases cats back out into the wild, according to Delaware Public Media.

"This is the humane way to work with these cats, rather than catch and kill,” Rita Landgraf, the Secretary of Health and Social Services, told Delaware Public Media. “And we do know that a percentage of these cats can also be adopted and fostered and supported."

The grant, which was secured through the Delaware’s Division of Public Health, will combat cat overpopulation — estimated at 60,000 free-roaming cats — throughout the state for the next two years.

The grant is not only supposed to improve feral cats’ quality of life, but it will reduce the risk of disease among animals and humans.

"We also know that many times, disease, and the disease of rabies can spread very rapidly, and then bring harm to other animals, other wildlife and then to humans," Landgraf told Delaware Public Media.