Cat owner’s desperate note to vet shows how Australia’s cost-of-living crisis affects cat welfare: ‘Sorry to have to do this’

Note left by a cat owner with her seven cats when she dumped them at a veterinary clinic in Australia

NEWS AND OPINION– AUSTRALIA: Inflation in America 2023 is around 6%. In Australia it is around 8% and, in the UK, it is around 10%. Inflation hurts dog and cat ownership. Therefore, it hurts the animals and it probably leads to an increase in shelter animals being killed. There is a really uncomfortable report …

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Australians blow hot and cold over stray cats

Aussie firefighters rescue trapped cat

The world of cat lovers is bombarded with Australia’s brutal attitude towards stray and feral cats which dictates that they should be killed by any means possible as long as it is in large numbers and all the time. There is no shame or attempt to kill humanely. And yet today Australian firefighters used …

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Picture of two Aussie firefighters cradling two tabby cats

Two Aussie firefighters and two tabby cats

I am a fan of firefighter-cat pictures! And this is a very nice one. One of the best. The guys are happy to have rescued a couple of tabby cats from a smoke filled apartment in Perth’s Central Business District. Smoke was seen at the apartment on Milligan Street in morning at about half …

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Stressed female cat with autoimmune condition urgently needs new home

Raffikki

Perth, Australia: Raffikki is a female cat who is currently living with lots of other cats and a puppy which is stressing her out and she is not coping well. She needs a new home and Perth Rescue Angels are looking for a special foster carer as a matter of urgency. Alternatively the person …

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Is Wagga Wagga City Council Animal Shelter the Cruellest Ever?

Cat saved from shelter

Wagga Wagga City Council animal shelter is in Australia. Judging by volunteer whistle-blowers, one of whom kept a diary, it is, in my judgement, the worst animal shelter in the world with evidence indicating that there was and probably still is extensive animal cruelty, poor record-keeping, numerous unaccounted dogs and cats by which I …

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