Citing a sudden rise in the population of cats across the city, animal lovers have urged the BMC to sterilise stray felines. While the civic body sterilises dogs to check dog bite incidents, there are no such attempts made for cats. Activists say too many stray cats in the city could lead to the spread of fleas, Coccidiosis, roundworms and hookworms in slum pockets.

Darius Kavasmaneck says he feeds about 2,000 cats between CSMT and Grant Road