NICOSIA (Reuters) - Dozens of stray cats and their fleasput Cyprus state radio off the air Tuesday as fumigationexperts were called in. Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) Radio 3 program saidonly songs and news bulletins would be broadcast for the next24 hours on all three of the CyBC's radio channels due to "an immediate need for spraying."
"The problem with the cats is causing a terrible situation,there hundreds of them and they are running into the studiosand over the roof," said one reporter who declined to be named. "At one point, one cat fell through the roof and landed onsomeone's head," he said. "They have made a mess and brokeneverything in my office."
Staff said they were told there was a possibility the threeCyBC stations could stay off the air for as long as three days. Cats have been roaming the CyBC grounds for decades and nownumber more than 100.