City plans to raze home where 90 cats were kept
STAR-TELEGRAM

GRAPEVINE -- The fur stops flying Tuesday. City officials have scheduled that day to demolish a house in the 1300 block of Airline Drive, where animal rescue officials had seized 85 cats by Friday morning.

Officials began the roundup Aug. 14 after the owners did not comply with orders to get rid of the scores of cats on the property. A neighbor alerted city officials to the problem. More than 90 cats had lived at the house, police said. Grapevine ordinances allow four animals per home.

No charges are expected to be filed against the owners because the cats had food and water, police said Friday. The couple has moved out, and the house is scheduled to be demolished Tuesday because it's been condemned for health reasons, authorities said.

Authorities will continue to set out cat traps over the holiday weekend. Captured animals are taken to North Texas shelters. The cats have had friends. Authorities have also seized 19 raccoons and five opossums at the house.