MILITARY chiefs are paying £250,000 to deal with feral cats that are becoming a nuisance in their bases abroad.
They are contracting vets to deal with hundreds of moggies that plague Army and RAF barracks in Cyprus.
Contract details said the help was needed to ‘support the control of feral cat numbers within the military bases’.
The vets will sterilise the cats, chip them and even put some down in the three-year deal.
Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Britain’s military bases in Cyprus, are the UK’s main defence in the Middle East as they are just 300 miles from Israel.
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They are home to 3,500 military personnel and 7,000 civilians.
They occupy 98 square miles and give the UK a permanent post in a vital strategic area and can be used for a variety of both military and humanitarian operations.
Units based there include battalions from the Duke of Lancaster Regiment and The Rifles.
It is also home to support units including the Royal Logistic Corps, the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers — and the Cyprus Military Working Dog Troop.
