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With its animal shelter swamped with stray cats, the city is hoping Calgarians step up to adopt more of the wayward felines.

An unusually large number of stray cats combined with the arrival of kitten season has the city’s southeast animal shelter hosting almost 100 of the animals.

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That’s putting a strain on resources and, to lessen that, city officials are offering a 50 per cent discount on the price of taking a cat or kitten home this weekend.

That’ll bring the tab for adopting a tabby to $81.50. The price includes a one-year licence, bag of food, collar and a bag of toys and treats.

All of the cats have been dewormed, spayed or neutered, microchipped and licensed.

The feline influx has forced animal services staff to rearrange rooms and cages to accommodate them, said Patti Smadis, the facility’s customer service representative.

“We do not euthanize animals for space but we want to get these little creatures adopted out as soon as possible,’ she said.

The adoption discount runs from June 21 to 23.