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Gloria Oladipo

Alabama women, 85 and 61, sentenced after feeding stray cats

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The women were arrested in June, accused of feeding feral cats near the Wetumpka, Alabama, courthouse. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Two Alabama women have been given suspended jail sentences last week after feeding stray cats and trapping them so they could be neutered, a common public health intervention to reduce stray numbers.

Beverly Roberts, 85, and Mary Alston, 61, of Wetumpka, Alabama, were sentenced to two years of unsupervised parole and a $100 fine each on Tuesday, reported the Montgomery Advertiser. The women were also given suspended 10-day jail sentences.

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