Florida Southern College (FSC) will be building kitty dorms in their campus to house feral cats that currently roam freely on the campus.
The new dorms will serve as a resting place, where the cats will be fed, watered and monitored by FSC's chapter of Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
Known as 'community cat cafes', the cafes will measure 5 feet high and 3 feet wide.
The six cafes, spread across the campus, will feature the same custom-made geometrical concrete blocks used in the construction of the other campus' buildings to ensure that they are as beautiful as the other structures.
The kitty dorms will be designed by iconic American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
Most of the feral cats have already been trapped, micro chipped, neutered and vaccinated. SPCA Florida, will take care of the necessary veterinary treatment.
"Once the cats are acclimated to being fed at regular locations, our teams will humanely trap the cats who will then be examined, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and permanently identified by SPCA Florida veterinarians. The cats will be returned back into their environment where they will continue to be cared for at specially designed feeding stations," said SPCA Florida CEO Sean Hawkins.
The first Community Cat Cafe project, to address the issue of approximately 100 un-owned cats living across the college campus is being undertaken by the college, a sorority, the Florida SPCA, a New York architectural firm and a builder.
The project will provide humane population control, health care, and safe places for cats to live out their natural lives.
Larissa Town, 19, an FSC freshman and vice president of philanthropy for Alpha Chi Omega, told The Ledger that the sorority's 58 members will raise money to pay for cat food and other supplies.
Due to their wild nature, the campus cats stay hidden for most of the day and venture into the open at night in search of food. These cafes are set to restrict them to specific areas.
This project will also be implemented across the state at mobile home parks, apartment complexes, and shopping center developments.