As kitten season approaches, the pet specialists and the rescue organisation are elevating consciousness concerning the significance of neutering and microchipping to assist discover endlessly houses for cats throughout Ireland.
Roscommon SPCA took in 55 cats and rehomed 35 cats as of March 2024 with most rehomed cats below one yr old.
The native SPCA spayed or neutered 802 cats in 2023 and 235 to date in 2024 whereas the charity continues to see a gentle enhance in cat consumption from April to September however seeing extra kittens outdoors this era.
Cat possession is booming in Ireland, with recent analysis carried out by Petmania revealing {that a} staggering 46% of Irish pet house owners have a cat of their home, making them the second hottest pet after dogs.
April can be the start of kitten season, which generally runs till September.
This interval sees a surge within the variety of kittens born, usually resulting in overwhelmed rescue centres struggling to rehome sudden litters.
On Saturday, April 27, from 11am-3pm, Roscommon SPCA volunteers can be current at each Petmania Roscommon and Athlone shops.
They’ll be selling animal welfare and showcasing cats and kittens in search of their loving endlessly houses. Each feline may have their very own heartwarming story shared alongside their image.
Additionally, Petmania has generously donated cat hampers for raffles at each areas.
Throughout April, Petmania can be providing particular reductions on cat meals, litter, and different important feline provides, each on-line at petmania.ie/ and of their 16 shops nationwide.
They additionally Provide worthwhile sources and recommendation on cat care by way of their devoted workforce of pet care specialists available seven days every week in-store and thru their on-line recommendation centre.
Petmania is urging cat house owners to neuter their pets to forestall undesirable litters and ease the burden on rescue centres.
Some of the important thing advantages of neutering embrace lowering the chance of undesirable litters, serving to to forestall sure cancers and ailments in each female and male cats, contributing to a calmer and extra manageable cat and scale back the chance of your cat roaming.
