Colonies of up to 100 roaming domestic cats in the Walkerie area are the result of domestic animals being allowed to get out of control, according to a Riverland woman leading a campaign for free desexing.
abc.net.au/news/calls-for-free-cat-desexing-in-south-australia/102161590A Riverland woman is advocating for free cat desexing in South Australia to help control what she describes as a cat crisis across the state.Multiple "colonies" containing up to 100 cats each are roaming the Riverland townGillian Curtin, of Waikerie, is among the volunteers and cat rescue groups who launched a petition for free cat desexing.
The hard-copy petition has already received more than 11,000 signatures, and will be presented to parliament by volunteers at the SA Cat Rescue group in May. Ms Curtin has been raising awareness of high cat numbers in the Riverland, holding a forum, and handing out printed information for people on why they should desex their cat.
"I said there's more of a crisis in the rural areas, why don't we expand the petition to include all cats in South Australia, so I've been focusing on the Waikerie area and getting signatures there," Ms Curtin said.Female cats can become pregnant at just four months old."These are domestic cats, people have let them roam. They've bred and become colonies. I know of four colonies within the Waikerie area just in the township," Ms Curtin said.
"I know one particular cat that I've been after for ages, she's only 12 months old and has had six litters of kittens already."Councils across SA have varied rules, but many restrict residents to owning a maximum of two cats, and roaming is restricted to curfew times.Ms Curtin hopes more regional residents will sign the hard copy petition before it's presented to parliament in coming weeks.
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