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The City Council voted to adopt a trap-neuter-return program to manage the city's population of stray cats. Previous language in the city code prevented the practice, and cats were often taken to Norfolk Animal Care Center and in many instances, euthanized.
Four families who live at or near an intersection in the Historic Freemason District where a house was demolished in 2018 sued the city in U.S. District Court in Norfolk. A judge, however, ruled they didn't have legal standing in the case and ordered them to pay the city's attorney's fees.