‘We really need help’: RSPCA faces capacity crisis as cats arrive faster than they can be rehomed
Cats are arriving in RSPCA centres faster than they can be rehomed, and the charity is asking people across England and Wales to consider adopting.
The Guardian reports: Cats are arriving in RSPCA centres faster than they can be rehomed, and the charity is asking people across England and Wales to consider adopting.
About 20,000 cats were taken into charity’s care last year, an increase driven in part by pet hoarders There is a cat crisis in rescue centres across the country, the RSPCA has said, as abandoned felines now outnumber dogs in the charity’s shelters.
This lifestyle story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include RSPCA, England and Wales.
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