Wanted: Homes for shelter's 35 kittens
THESE little kittens are desperate for a new home.
Cheltenham Animal Shelter is inundated with the felines.
They have 54 cats waiting to be adopted, and, of these, 35 are kittens.
Deb Barron, fundraising manager at Cheltenham Animal Shelter, said 19 of them were ready to be adopted directly from the shelter. The other cats were at foster homes.
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Most of the cats were strays, although the shelter has had a sudden rise in population because of a longer birth cycle this year.
She said: "Some of them have been abandoned in boxes, or they have been left with us.
"They can have kittens any time of the year, but they normally have them in the spring. This year, we've had births right up to autumn.
"We have a wide selection of pretty cats and kittens, which are a strain on the shelter's resources. We are appealing for people to take them home."
She encouraged owners to get their cats neutered to prevent them from having kittens due to the over population.
Ms Barron added: "There is a problem with cats over population, and we are trying to tackle it the best we can."
Anyone who wants to adopt a cat or kitten can drop in at the animal shelter in Gardner's Lane, Cheltenham.
Comments
by stefanu
Monday, October 15 2012, 10:58PM
“My mother used to take in unwanted kittens many years ago. Drowning the poor little things was accepted then, but not now. As for LordGagas stupid comment, obviously out to shock TiG readers. I am really surprised these people are allowed to print this rubbish.
No doubt you are both in favour of slaughtering all the badgers as well. Why stop there, in the Ukraine they shoot stray dogs in the streets. In Malta, the locals bang away at millions of defenceless birds flying over.
Animals are also God's creatures, and should be treated with respect and compassion.”
by LordGagas
Saturday, October 13 2012, 12:15PM
“let the hunts have them to feed to the hounds. OH! hang on they are cuddly”
by spindles12
Saturday, October 13 2012, 9:43AM
“I totally agree. If I had been asked all those questions when I got my cat from Teckels around 18 years ago then I would never have got her because I live on a busy main road and that would have been one of the main obstacles stopping me from having her. As it was, she lived until the ripe old age of nineteen then became ill and I had to have her put to sleep. I only had one cat that was hit by a car after trying to cross the road when she ended up with a broken leg which healed and taught her never to go near the road again.
Surely animal shelters can tell when someone is genuine? I know they have to be careful and do some checks but not so many that exclude a vast number of willing people who could give the cats a really good and loving home
The situation would be different with dogs though. I can understand them wanting to be careful about letting someone have a dog that needs a lot of exercise but with the potential owner going out to work all day, or that they had young children etc. but being too careful with who they allow to own an animal is helping to make their situation worse rather than better.”
by Toasty88
Saturday, October 13 2012, 9:09AM
“I'm on the fence when it comes to adopting cats. Not because I don't want to adopt the gorgeous little things, but mainly because it's made so difficult by the shelters.
Me and my partner have 3 cats, and recently went to Cheltenham animal shelter looking to adopt before we got our 3rd.
But sadly, we were greeted with questions about our personal situation, how many hours we worked, did we have a garden, claims that we'd need our home and current two cats inspected to check we were looking after them, and formal letters from our landlord...this was all before we'd even looked at a single cat!
Of course I understand that checks need to be carried out, but it seems that even genuine, loving cat owners like myself and my partner are made to jump through hoops...and ultimately it was easier to buy our 3rd kitten than deal with the hassle.
I'm not surprised they're left with so many cats and kittens when I felt like the staff's initial thought was that I wasn't going to be a good enough owner, and It was my job to prove that i was! It's very off putting, and very sad for all the poor kittens left behind.”