Feral cats may still be killed as a last resort to help protect endangered species of animals in the East Bay Regional Park District, but a partnership with animal shelters may make the killings a thing of the past, according to shelter leaders who pledged their support for an updated park district policy adopted this month.

Opposed to the policy are In Defense of Animals, an animal protection group, and Alley Cat Allies, a group that aims to protect cats and kittens.

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Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.