"Two ladies from York have just been in, said Collette Boler at the till of her small cafe in Thurnscoe, near Barnsley. They came in with a box of chocolates and a card, a box of cat food, a bag of cat biscuits and just said carry on doing what you're doing, you're absolutely fabulous'. And a man's just given me a tenner for cat food. It's been incredible."
"The grandmother of seven has become an unlikely icon for cat lovers everywhere after finding herself banned from feeding a colony of feral felines she has looked after for 20 years. She had been visiting them twice a day, including Christmas Day, even spending her own money on vet bills and having some neutered, which she admitted cost a fortune."
"But two weeks ago Boler affectionately known as the crazy cat lady was subject to what some of her supporters see as a heavy-handed and overzealous ban, after a neighbouring business complained to the council over cat faeces on its premises. Now if Boler continues to feed the cats, she will be issued with a community protection notice which could result in a fine of up to 2,500."
Collette Boler, a grandmother of seven from Thurnscoe near Barnsley, has become a local icon after being banned from feeding a colony of feral cats she has cared for twice daily for two decades. She invested her own money in veterinary care and neutering, reducing the colony from 30 to about 12 cats. A neighboring business complained to the council about cat feces, resulting in a community protection notice that threatens her with fines up to £2,500 if she continues feeding them. The ban has sparked significant public support, with strangers, neighbors, and the Cats Action Trust providing assistance and urging the council to repeal the order.
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