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v <br /> � .., <br /> .. <br /> a f <br /> N. <br /> iL <br /> - ..u. <br /> 14 <br /> Sarah Holt , owner of Teer Farm in Grange County , reeds a large group of barn oats on Friday , Nov . 16 , 2018 . Holt <br /> and a rarnily member worked with Orange County Animal Services to get rabies shots and Sterilization for 60 cats . <br /> Julia Wail jwall c@newsobserver. com <br /> Feral cats <br /> Most offspring of barn cats get little exposure to humans . The lack of interaction can make <br /> kittens fearful or aggressive toward people . <br /> " Feral cats are a big problem everywhere , " said Tenille Fox, Orange County Animal Services ' <br /> spokeswoman , especially since they are difficult to domesticate after a certain age . <br /> In 2017, the Orange County Animal Shelter took in 1, 459 cats . While most were adopted, 273 <br /> cats were euthanized, nearly half of them for feral-related reasons . <br /> In an attempt to humanely decrease the number of unwanted cats in the community, Animal <br /> Services has launched the Working Barn Cats Program, offering free sterilization for Orange <br /> County barn cats . <br /> According to program coordinator Cooper Hatch , the department has spayed or neutered 147 <br /> cats (over 60 of which came from Teer Farm) since October 2017 , <br />