More cats are being abandoned
The SPCA reports, sadly, that kitten season is now starting earlier and lasting longer, an effect of climate change, leading to the surrender of more cats and kittens than ever, even before the crunch of Moving Day. Nice photo of a polydactyl kitten, though.
jeather 20:16 on 2025-05-19 Permalink
A friend of mine who does kitten rescue in California says it’s a twelve month thing there.
Margaret 07:08 on 2025-05-20 Permalink
The SPCA Montérégie is holding a Virtual Kitten shower to cope with the soon to be arriving wave of new little felines and their mums. They are looking for a list of donations to suit most budgets. If the drop off points are not convenient (all South Shore), I could always try to arrange pick up.
Kate 11:42 on 2025-05-20 Permalink
Thank you, Margaret.
CE 14:34 on 2025-05-20 Permalink
I thought I noticed a few kittens that seemed a bit old for this time of year. I guess that explains them.
Robert H 23:29 on 2025-05-20 Permalink
I don’t want to be harsh and insensitive. People go through rough patches unexpectedly, and have a hard enough time providing for themselves and their children too. There have been times in my own life where money was tight, but I’ve been lucky. It would have broken my heart to give up my cat. I do feel however, that too many people acquire pets as a fashionable accessory, or because they’re bored. And, once the novelty wears off and they’re no longer amused or they need to start commuting again, they quickly discard an animal as if it were nothing more than a trinket.