Mayor in Abruzzo bans feeding stray cats

(ANSA) - Cocullo, September 18 - Sandro Chiocchio, mayor of the town of Cocullo in the Abruzzo region, has issued an ordinance banning people from feeding stray cats there, in an attempt to curb the spread of the cats' waste on the streets of the historic centre.
    "Citizen complaints have increased; they are literally nauseated by the terrible smell spread by the cat droppings everywhere," Chiocchio said.
    Walter Caporale, president of the non-profit Italian Animal Activists, said if Chiocchio doesn't revoke the ordinance, the association will sue him for animal abuse.