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RSPCA animal shelter in Landing Lane, York unable to accept any more cats (From York Press)
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RSPCA animal shelter in Landing Lane, York unable to accept any more cats
9:16am Thursday 17th December 2009
THE RSPCA today appealed for help after its York animal home was swamped with scores of stray and abandoned moggies.
Assistant manager Sue Heathcote said the complex at Landing Lane was already full of cats, even before the festive season had started.
She said: “We are completely full. We have got 53 cats and every cubicle is taken, and we never put them down if they are healthy.”
She said because the home was full, it had a waiting list of people waiting to hand over their pets and it could not accept any more strays.
She believed the recession was partly to blame for the glut, with some people saying they had lost their jobs and could no longer afford to look after their cat or were having to move house. Others blamed allergies for having to hand over their pet. “It has been a really, really bad year,” she said.
But she said some of the cats were strays which might have owners who wanted them, but had not thought to contact the RSPCA to see if it was looking after them.
She appealed for owners whose cat had disappeared in recent months to get in touch by phoning 01904 654949. She also urged any responsible people who would like to have a cat to get in touch, although she stressed that the RSPCA was not encouraging people to give pets as Christmas presents.
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A taxpayer, York says...
11:48am Thu 17 Dec 09
alfie, York says...
1:09pm Thu 17 Dec 09
A taxpayer wrote:Hear, Hear
Until a licencing system operates for dependants; animal or human - people will continue to get pets and have children without thought for how they can afford them or care properly for them. This is how a capitalist democracy with EU 'human rights' works at it's worst.
meme, skelton says...
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Saywhat, York says...
11:30am Fri 18 Dec 09
Fed up of waiting, I eventually got one from a private advertisement.
It's no wonder they are over-run with animals.
maclochlainn, York says...
6:09pm Fri 18 Dec 09
Nern, York says...
11:27pm Fri 18 Dec 09
maclochlainn wrote:What you seem to have gathered is wrong. I work full time, and have adopted 2 dogs and a cat from the RSPCA in York. I was not allowed to adopt puppies or kittens due to my work hours, but I wanted adult animals anyway.
The rspca should stand down their conditions for adopting animals, i understand they dont want to send them to any person who may not be fit but as i can gather you need to be unemployed or retired and spend every god for saken hour with the animals and pay a £100 adoption fee if your lucky enouh to pass inspection, its as easy to get on the net and buy one from a breader, sad to see
And I don't know what breeders you're talking about. £100 for a fully vaccinated, microchipped, and neutered dog is a bargain if you ask me. You go to a (responsible) breeder and you're looking at, say, £500? You get vaccinations if you're lucky and that's about it. Any breeder selling their pups for £100 is a backyard breeder.
Chico snuggles with his teddy at the RSPCA animals home in York
RSPCA animal home cattery assistant Geraldine Murgatroyd with Rudolph the kitten
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Soothsayer17, York says...
9:45am Thu 17 Dec 09
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Sadly, many cat owners decide that the hectic Xmas holidays provide the perfect excuse to get rid of unwanted animals as they wish to travel away and cannot be bothered to make arrangements to have their pets booked into catteries. Older, incontinent cats are likewise vulnerable if owners are planning to host Xmas parties.
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PS – on a separate note, any cat owners thinking of buying their pet a “Go-Go Hamster” ought to think twice as it turns out they are made of arsenic! So said James May on “Have I Got News For You” at any rate.