29th May: 3 kittens in Achill for homes.
31st May: 6 cats at supermarket in Westport.
31st May: 5 kittens and a mum cat for homes in Claremorris.
1st June: Stray mother cat and 5 kittens in housing estate in Ballinrobe.
7th June: 2 cats in Enniscrone looking for homes.
8th June: 1 pregnant cat and 4 mature kittens approx 5/6 months old for homes.
9th June: 8/9 cats in Castlebar looking for homes.
9th June: 3 adult cats and 6 kittens in Westport looking for homes.
10th June: 7/8 cats in Newport looking for homes.
10th June: Cat with broken back found in Ballinasloe, brought to vet, put to sleep.
11th June: Cat and 4 kittens for homes, Sligo.
11th June: 7 feral kittens and 2 mother cats in a hedge in Killala, neighbours moved and left them behind.
11th June: 3 cats and 10 kittens at house in Kiltimagh.
14th June: 2 stray cats and 4 kittens in Castlebar.
14th June: 4 kittens needing homes - no location.
16th June: Mother cat and 4 kittens in Achill.
17th June: 2 male and 2 female cats in Castlebar.
17th June: Discount spay/neuter vouchers requested for 5 cats in Ballinrobe.
18th June: Discount spay/neuter vouchers requested for 3 cats in Achill.
21st June: Discount spay/neuter vouchers requested for 3 mother cats and 4 kittens in Ballyglass.
21st June: 4 adult cats and 4 kittens need homes between Castlebar and Ballinrobe.
21st June: 7 cats in Belmullet need homes.
23rd June: Discount spay/neuter vouchers requested for 4 cats in Balla.
23rd June: 3 cats for homes in Ballaghadereen.
23rd June: Stray cat and 6 kittens in Belmullet.
24th June: 1 cat and 5 kittens in Claremorris for homes.
24th June: 4 adult cats and number of kittens in Sligo for homes.
24th June: 2 stray cats and 8 kittens in Kilmaine for homes.
25th June: 3 kittens for homes in Leenane.
27th June: 16 cats for homes in Castlebar.
28th June: Discount spay/neuter vouchers requested for 1 cat and 4 kittens in Roscommon.
30th June: 5 adult cats and 4/5 kittens in Ballaghadereen for homes.
30th June: 1 female cat, 2 male cats and 4 kittens for homes - vouchers sent.
1st July: 2 kittens in Ballinrobe for homes.
4th July: 2 calls re stray kittens, both Westport.
5th July: 4 adult cats and 2 kittens in Ballyglass for homes - vouchers sent.
5th July: 8 cats at house in Galway for removal.
5th July: 8 kittens in housing estate in Castlebar plus some stray cats.
6th July: 4 adult cats and 4 kittens in Swinford for homes.
6th July: Cat with 5 kittens at hotel in Westport.
6th July: Cat and 4 kittens - no location.
6th July: 9 adult cats and 8 kittens for homes by e-mail - no location.
8th July: 5 adult cats and 3 kittens for homes in Kilmaine.
9th July: possible cruelty case regarding 9 cats and 3 dogs.
In between all of these calls were a handful of calls from people offering homes to kittens, as well as people with one cat looking for a home, plus one cat dumped here at Mayo Cat Rescue (MCR), one cat dumped about a mile from MCR, a cat surrendered to MCR, a cat with a collar found in Castlebar on June 18th (no owner has come forward yet) plus a very ill cat MCR picked up in a housing estate in Westport that had to be put to sleep plus a handful of calls re missing cats and other requests for our discount spay/neuter vouchers for 1 or 2 cats.
It's only early July, these calls are going to continue, on an on through the summer, more and more kittens and cats needing help. Obviously it's impossible for us or indeed anyone to help them all or find home for them all.
People have commented on how "brave" it is of us to post all these calls on our Facebook page or here on this blog. It's usual for animal rescues to post about the animals they have saved rather than they ones they haven't saved. But that's the very reason we're doing this. To show the true picture of what's going on out there. People need to know the true number of cats and kittens needing help in this county and every other county in Ireland every day. And how important it is to spread the spay/neuter message.
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