Cats that find themselves stuck under Bryan Hall can now escape without pause.
After a UF employee removed a grate with a crowbar to save a trapped cat on Monday, the university responded to a few employees’ concerns about the feral cat community on campus.
On Wednesday, UF’s Physical Plant modified the existing grate so animals can exit — but not enter — the crawl space underneath Bryan Hall, said UF spokeswoman Janine Sikes.
Joan Lyon, the senior secretary at Warrington College of Business Administration, said she watched the installation of the new grate underneath Bryan Hall. She was pleased with how promptly the grate was installed.
“I think we have a good future,” Lyon said.
Kat Worden, office manager at Warrington’s Center for Management Communication, said she suggested the one-way door after she removed the grate Monday.
Though she is satisfied with the new door, Worden said she would like to see a more permanent solution.
“What they’ve done right now is a step forward,” she said.
Sikes said there will be an open discussion among the university, UF Police Chief Linda Stump and UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s Maddie’s Shelter Medical Program director Julie Levy to address the feral cat population issue.
Cats that find themselves stuck under Bryan Hall can now escape without pause.
