![]() However, Natalie warned that the dangers of failing to neuter cats are not isolated to abandoned animals. “A lot of the time even people that live here don’t see these problems, people don’t unless they know where to look.”Ī severely inbred cat rescued by the charity (credit: WFCP) But, even now, it’s still an ongoing job, we do a food drop once a month for the remaining cats. “We neutered all of them, rehomed the ones that were friendly and relocated some to working homes like stables, where they become mice or rat-catchers. “There were two ladies who had been feeding them but the kittens were constantly getting carried off by foxes and some of the cats were quite sickly. There was some maisonette housing with a big communal garden at the back and it was like a big litter tray for around 45 cats and kittens, none of them neutered. Natalie said: “Someone told us they had seen a pregnant cat and a volunteer went to find her and then rang me in tears. Natalie told the Echo the charity drops food monthly for five colonies in and around Waltham Forest, the largest of which was found in the E17 area last summer. Kittens found behind a tower of car tyres (credit: WFCP) When these cats meet and breed, giving birth to babies that have never known domesticated life, they can form colonies of feral cats that can’t be rehomed, which WFCP instead neuters and feeds where they are. ![]() ![]() Natalie Talbot, coordinator of Cats Protection Waltham Forest (WFCP), said volunteers are called out on a daily basis to help abandoned cats, most often in places like Walthamstow and Leyton.Ī transient population and surge in demand for kittens during lockdown – followed by a sudden crash once it lifted – means shelters and rescues are now “full to bursting”, with many animals instead abandoned on the street. Low rates of neutering and spaying have created a “cat crisis” in and around Waltham Forestīy Victoria Munro Feral cats from a large colony found living in Walthamstow (credit: WFCP)Ī “crisis” of un-neutered cats in and around Waltham Forest has led to feral “colonies” on the street and dangerous inbreeding in family homes. ![]()
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