India, Feb. 18 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is struggling to determine where to house 300 cats if their owner fails to relocate them. The civic body had issued a notice to a resident of Marvel Bounty Society, Hadapsar, for keeping an excessive number of cats in a three-bedroom flat.

A senior PMC health department official said, "We are in a dilemma about where to house these cats if the owner does not relocate them. If the PMC has to intervene, we will need to sterilise and vaccinate them."

PMC veterinary officer Dr Sarika Funde said, "Following repeated complaints, we conducted a raid with police assistance and found around 300 cats inside the flat. A notice was issued, directing the owner to relocate the animals within 48 h...