06-25-10 -- PSPCA Shelter Overrun With Thousands of Cats and Kittens
By: Tara Murtha, Philadelphia Weekly
It's not as cute as it sounds.
Though there's some (relatively) good news in animal control--the lights won't go out in the city's main shelter June 30 since, according to Health Commissioner Don Schwarz, PSPCA will fulfill animal-control services into 2011--the bad news is there's yet another crisis. Last time it was dogs, this time it's cats. Thousands of cats and kittens will be euthanized unless some serious mass cat adoptions go down this weekend.
Like it does every year, kitten season has exploded. From early spring and through summer, unfixed street and pet cats hear the call of the wild, breed their brains out and create thousands upon thousands of kittens that will ultimately wind up flooding the shelters and, except for a lucky few, be euthanized.
Kitten season is why there tends to be highest euthanasia rates in July. Last July, the PSPCA reported that 76 percent of all animals that entered its doors were put down. The total number of euthanized cats reported in 2009 was 12,629.
The PSPCA sent out a press release shouting in caps: PHILADELPHIA SHELTERS...
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