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El Sobrante Landfill is a Class 3 regional disposal facility permitted to accept up to 10,000 tons per day, seven days per week. It employs approximately 40 full-time employees. Landfill operations are overseen by the California Integrated Waste Management Board, and the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health.
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At El Sobrante Landfill, being a good neighbor is one of our highest priorities. But even the best of neighbors have unexpected guests. In our case, it’s feral cats. The cats attack the protected wildlife, eat sensitive vegetation and throw off the natural balance within the habitat. To give the cats their own home, our biologists and environmental specialists developed a special program to catch, neuter and relocate the animals to Lancaster Landfill, a sister property in the Antelope Valley that has plenty of wilderness space for the cats to roam.
We use humane traps and the cats that have been caught so far are usually about a year old and have been living out in the wild since being born. Since feral cats breed rapidly, our employees take them to Riverside Animal Shelter the next morning to be spayed and neutered. The animals are then kept overnight to make sure they are healthy before they are driven to Lancaster Landfill (100 miles away) and released.
“A landfill is not a suitable environment for feral cats and we’re concerned about them being on our property, but we’re making every effort to provide them a home, while ensuring that they will no longer pose a threat to our endangered species,” says Nick Godfrey, Environmental Protection Supervisor at El Sobrante.
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