It's the Ryan Lero Shuttle on WNYC, good morning again everyone.

So if you were browsing pictures of adoptable cats recently thinking about, I don't know,

where you might be able to discreetly put a little little box in your little apartment

or something like that, you might have noticed the big yellow notice on the animal care centers

of New York City's website, they are closed for cat intake, they're at capacity for cats.

Now the New York Times, the news organization, the city and our own newsroom have all reported

on an increase in the number of cats being surrendered to shelters and the growing population

of fero cats around the city.

Here to explain some of the reasons for this and also offer some solutions is Will's

WYGAR, the executive director of Flatbush Cats, a cat rescue organization in Brooklyn,

obviously, Flatbush Cats.

Will, thanks for coming on, welcome to WNYC.

Thank you Brian, excited to be here.

Do we know the numbers?

Do we know how many cats there are in shelters and on the streets in New York City?

We do so many conversations here these days about how many humans are in shelters and

New York City?

What about cats?

I'm going to give you the honest answer, no one has cared enough to find out.

Wow.

You have an estimate?

The estimate is over 500,000 cats, and yes, exactly, that's the reaction that we all should

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