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VADER, Wash. - Even on a rainy day, it's easy to find proof of the cat problem in Vader. In this town of 600 people, there are thought to be about 125 stray cats.

"I have cats come in my yard all the time and so I don't feed them. They just run across the yard," said Andy Wilson.

Until he took action, Dibble had cats living and fighting under his house.

"I had one cat under there after I boarded it up. I had to come out and let him out," he said.

After more than a dozen complaints from Vader residents, the mayor decided the city needed to take action. The council will discuss possible solutions to the growing cat population next month.

Most of the complaints came from folks upset at neighbors who are putting food and water dishes out for the strays.

Carrie Carlson says she's just doing the right thing.

"I can't help it," she said.

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More than 100 stray cats struggle to survive in Vader.

She said she wishes the city would capture the cats she feeds, but until that happens she can't ignore them.

"I just can't see them starve. I just can't," she said.

Linda Hanson took two strays in.

"I feel badly about them too. I've fed them on my back porch. Don't tell anybody… but I have,” she said.

She knows something needs to be done, but she's not sure what, or how.

"We are a little town that doesn't have the funds to take care of it," said Hanson.

The Vader City Council expects a full room when they discuss the town's cat population at their next meeting Dec. 2.