New figures launched by the RSPCA today (27 July) reveal that the animal well-being charity received 174 cat cruelty reports in Buckinghamshire.
Data produced by the popular charity is drawn from 2022 and forms part of its Cancel Out Cruelty campaign.
Those 174 reports were amongst 18,000 cat cruelty grievances reported to the RSPCA in the UK in 2015.
Of those reports 1,726 were deliberate damage occurrences – which is around 5 a day. This is a 25 percent boost from 2021 when the number was 1,387, the RSPCA said.
The charity has actually launched the figures in the hopes it will motivate individuals to contribute to its frontline rescue groups.
Also, the RSPCA reports that the summer season is a peak time for animal cruelty reports, with the charity getting as numerous as 3 a minute.
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Analysis from the RSPCA recommends the cost-of-living crisis has actually been a contributing aspect into a boost in purposeful damage to animals, as financial resources associated with saving animals is at an all-time high and the RSPCA is being extended to the limitation.
Dr Sam Gaines, head of the RSPCA’s buddy animal department, said: “Cats are one of the most popular pets in the UK with an estimated 11 million pet cats in UK homes but our figures suggest sadly they are the second most abused pet – after dogs.
“It is heart-breaking to think that five cats every day are suffering at the hands of humans – it really is appalling – but sadly the RSPCA knows all too well that this cruelty is carried out on a regular basis.
“We see hundreds of felines come through our doors every year who have been subjected to unimaginable cruelty – being beaten, burned, thrown around, had bones broken, been shot at, poisoned and drowned.
“In many cases these pets have been injured deliberately by their owners – the very people who are supposed to love and protect them. But cats are also more vulnerable as they tend to be out and about on their own which can leave them vulnerable to airgun attacks and other forms of cruelty by complete strangers.”
More details on how to support the charity and the animal cruelty figures can be discovered online here.
Another factor the RSPCA discussed as a possibility resolving why more acts of cruelty are reported in the summer season, was the reality more individuals are outdoors and for that reason around to witness attacks.
Stephen Reeves, RSPCA acting chief inspector for Buckinghamshire, said: “Right now, animal cruelty is happening in England and Wales on a massive scale and rising. It is heartbreaking that we are seeing such sad figures which show animal cruelty is, very sadly, on the rise.
“While we don’t know for certain why there has been an increase, the cost of living crisis and the post-pandemic world we live in has created an animal welfare crisis.
“The cost-of-living crisis also means the cost of rescuing animals is at an all-time high and our vital services are stretched to the limit.”
“Together, we believe we can and will cancel out cruelty to animals by replacing violence with kindness. We are urging people to donate to our Cancel Out Cruelty campaign.”
