Cat crisis continues as more animals are abandoned

Can you help?

10.11.11

We’re urging people to come forward with information about recently abandoned cats and kittens.

Four kittens dumped in Leeds

Four kittens, thought to be around three weeks old and much too young to have been removed from their mother, have been found in a grey-and-purple plastic carrier bag.

The four youngsters were discovered at about 4.15pm on Thursday, 3 November in a bus stop on Throstle Road, Middleton.

RSPCA Inspector Carol Neale said:

The lady who found them was wonderful – she’d actually managed to rehome one of the kittens to a friend who has a nursing cat and was syringe-feeding the others when I arrived.

Who knows what would have happened to them had she not come along when she did.

The other three kittens – one black female, one grey tabby male and one grey male – are now being hand-reared by a fosterer through the care of our Bradford and District Branch Animal Centre.

Black-and-white cat dumped in North Wales

A friendly 10-year-old female cat was dumped near Buckley, Clwyd on Friday, 28 October.

She was found in a purple pet carrier outside Ty Gwyn Kennels on Chester Road in  Padeswood.

RSPCA Inspector Chris Dunbar said:

Abandoning a vulnerable animal like this is unacceptable and it is vital that we find the owner. I urge anyone who may know anything about this incident to contact us as soon as possible.

Cats dumped on the bank of the River Thames

Two cats and two kittens were found dumped in a cardboard box in the Friars Wharf area of Oxford on Thursday, 20 October.

All four were in reasonable health, but had they been left any longer they could have suffered from dehydration or starvation. The person who dumped the cats also left a note giving details of their names, colours and their dates of birth.

RSPCA Inspector Doug Davidson, who is investigating the incident, said:

The note gave the cats names as Flubber and Bubbles, while the kittens are called Tricksta and Popcorn and are four months old.

I would appeal to anyone who may recognise these cats, or their descriptions, or who may know of someone who has had cats, but suddenly doesn’t have them anymore.

The cats were found in a Sanyo microwave box.

All four cats have been taken to our Blackberry Farm Animal Centre.

Can you help?

Anyone with information about these abandoned cats and kittens should call our 24-hour cruelty line in confidence on 0300 1234 999.

Thank you.

Cat crisis continues

Our centres are struggling to cope with the numbers of unwanted cats and kittens coming into their care.

Inspector Carol Neale said:

All of our animal centres are inundated with kittens and cats at the moment and there are, quite simply, not enough homes for them.

It’s likely that many of the abandoned kittens that come into our care are from unwanted litters, which the cat’s owners simply can’t cope with.

With an array of cats and kittens all desperately needing new homes we’re urging pet owners to neuter their pets.

Inspector Neale continued:

Neutering might seem like an unnecessary expense when times are hard but it’s much cheaper and easier than caring for a litter of kittens.

If you’re considering getting a cat or a kitten please, visit our rehoming pages.
 

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