Meow

Adopt a cat day. Al Safa Vetinary Clinic.

2.00 -4.00pm

Autonomy

Thanks for posting that - if anyone is thinking of getting a cat - please go down, FF are over run with cats right now, there will be loads to choose from...

Give one a home!

Blue Cat

I hear 26 were rehomed but there are still over a hundred looking for homes

Autonomy

Correct - 26 was a great result - only 5 were homed the previous one. They still are over run and still can't take on more until they home more...

Blue Cat

I know it is so sad, if I get a villa I might be able to help more. My friend rehomed a kitten on Friday via FF.

Sky Blue

Shouldn't there be some sort of cull of the numerous amount of wild kitties knocking around?

Tie their bollox together?

Meow

Charming.

You are likely to see a lot of cats with the top of one ear missing. This is to show that they have been sterilised. A few more responsible owners might help too.

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Sky Blue

Well to be honest there are a lot of stray cats and I noticed about three dead ones over the weekend... Yes responsible owners and less little kittens fending for themeselves...

Autonomy

It would help if the inhumane idiot expats that ponsed over her for 6 months and thought it would be great to have a couple of little kittens and then were made redundant, up sticks and dump the poor cats on the hot street with no street sense at all. They will most likely die a poor death just because some twat got made redundant and forgot all morals and obligations...

you have NO idea how many cats in distress for EXACTLY this selfish reason are picked up and tried to find a home for.

The main problem is not "street cats" but "house cats" that are dumped.

Blue Cat

I have one residing with me at present, beautiful cat she is, pure bred, dumped at the Green Community. I reckon her owner probably did a runner.

lionheart

So what's the solution then? Voluntary euthenasia? Some expats do try and help by offering a home but then lose their jobs. If they hadn't tried to look after them in the first place, where would the cats have been? We have a regular cat in our neighborhood left behind by a Syrian family three years ago but is still thriving nicely. We call him Chubby because its so well fed, it seems. Not all dumped cats end up dead, although most do have to accept a definite fall in living standards.

admon

Problem is, most domestic cats are just that - domesticated.

They are no match for the local ferals who are used to eeking out their lives from whatever they can get.
Ferals will more often than not attack 'newcomers' to their territory - they are looking after their own livelihood and cannot afford to share.

Unfortuantely, if the situation of domestic cats being dumped increases much further (and it is likely to at the end of June), euthanasia will be the most humane thing for those that can't be found homes, as sad as that is.

Meow

I never cease to be amazed by the selfish bastards that take on a cat (or dog for that matter), look after it for several years, then just leave it behind without a second thought. Surely an animal is part of your family and you take it with you when you move? Un-*****ing-belivable.

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admon

Fairydust?

Blue Cat