In an editorial in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, commenter Devin Rokyta criticizes the University of Idaho for unilaterally killing 7 wild cats, incuding kittens, to remove an "infestation" around Morrill Hall:

The University of Idaho this past spring trapped seven sickly feral cats on its campus and found all of the animals happy and loving homes.

What a great story - if only it weren't fiction.

What we know of the real story is that the university's campus veterinarian, Peter Autenried, trapped and euthanized the animals to eliminate an "infestation" around Morrill Hall. Autenried said some of the animals were kittens, but they "had snotty noses and some of them were pretty skinny, so we decided to euthanize them." None was checked for a microchip. More here.

Thoughts?