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Record number of rescue cats in urgent need of new homes
Around 1,700 cats are in RSPCA care, with rehoming wait times up 23% from last year due to increased intake from cruelty cases, the charity said.
- This summer the RSPCA's data show numbers at its fourteen national centres have more than doubled from 800 in 2020 to around 1,700, while This month’s Adoptober rehoming campaign urges adoption via the Findapet website.
- Rising intake from cruelty cases has left RSPCA rehoming centres full, forcing many cats into private catteries until space becomes available.
- RSPCA records show centres and branches rehomed more than 17,000 cats last year, while the average wait increased to 40 days from 32.5 days last September.
- RSPCA Cymru is urging the public to consider adopting a cat during the Adoptober campaign and asks adopters to complete a 'perfect match' form with their local RSPCA centre.
- Longer stays for some types of cat worsen pressure as black cats take 29 days to find homes versus nine days for tabby cats, amid a record number of rescue cats needing new homes.
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Urgent 'Adoptober' plea as record 1,700 cats in RSPCA national care
The RSPCA is urging people to consider adopting a rescue cat, amid an all-time high in numbers of moggies in the charity’s care including at RSPCA Warrington, St Helens and Halton branch. New data unveiled during the RSPCA’s Adoptober rehoming drive reveals that the number of cats being cared for at the charity’s fourteen national centres alone, as they wait for forever homes, has more than doubled from some 800 in 2020 to around 1,700 this summ…
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