What to do with 150 cats?

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That’s the question facing the County of Los Angeles and a cadre of cat lovers who are trying to figure out how to handle a large cat colony at the vacant Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Downey. Officials want to tear down the facility to make room for a state-of-the-art data center. But where does that leave the cats?

‘It’s a [long pause] difficult situation,’ said Jan Takata of the county’s Chief Administrative Office, which oversees Rancho’s south campus.

But, as Mary Engel explains, cat folks and county folks are trying to craft a humane solution. See the whole story for more on Smudge, Precious, Big Mama, Little Bit and the rest.

Photo by Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times