Lawsuit filed over San Diego Humane Society's handling of stray cats ABC 10News and last updated 2021-02-25 08:38:05-05 SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â A newly filed lawsuit alleges the San Diego Humane Society has a practice of releasing friendly, adoptable cats back into the streets. When the San Diego Humane Society took over animal control services for San Diego and several other local cities in 2018, it was working with rescue groups to "shelter neuter return." A feral cat found outdoors was spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and released. In late 2019, Humane Society CEO Gary Weitzman told reporting partner KPBS this policy did not apply to domesticated cats.