LAST week, in desperation, I sent a circular to cat owners where I live, telling how I spent the best part of an hour cleaning and disinfecting my porch and hall, fouled by trodden-in cat faeces.

I wanrted them to know the distress and inconvenience caused, as well as danger to health.

There must be an answer to this problem and I wondered if owners had a solution that did not involve others having to purchase cat deterrents. Some households have three or four cats, many of which are allowed to roam at will all day.

Some residents have even, at great expense, installed cat alarms, which must cost more than the owners spend on keeping their cats. Surely this cannot be right.

In recent years, dog owners, have been forced to be more responsible for their animals. The same should, surely, apply to cat owners.

Perhaps a limit may be put on the number of cats per household or an increase (pro-rota) in council tax, to help pay for cat alarms for those of us, who have to suffer this intolerance nuisance.

R FRANKLAND (Mrs), Partridge Drive, Baxenden, Accrington.