‘KITTEN CRISIS’ CAMPAIGN EXTENDED

Ruddington Vets on Shaw Street has extended a campaign to offer cut-price healthcare for people adopting a kitten from two local rescue centres: Millwood Cat Rescue in West Bridgford and Notts Cat Rescue. The scheme, which is also available at Davison Veterinary Care in Radford, offers a full health check, worm and flea treatment, vaccinations and neutering for £48.
Nottinghamshire cat rescue centres have been swamped by an ‘epidemic’ of new kittens and abandoned older cats this year, so Kitten Crisis 2012 was launched in August to make it cheaper for people to adopt a kitten. The scheme has been very successful so far, but with so many animals needing homes, the original cut-off date of 15 September has been extended to around 25 October.
Jane McLachlan, Director at Ruddington Vets, comments: ‘We’re hoping that Kitten Crisis will not only give unwanted kittens from this year a good home, but help prevent the problem recurring on such a large scale by preventing the adult cats breeding and producing even more kittens next year. Basically we are trying to get the price of all the treatments as low as possible so that people don’t feel like they can’t afford their pet.’
Anyone adopting a kitten from the two participating cat rescue centres will be given a voucher for the cut-price treatments, which they can then redeem at either Ruddington Vets or Davison Veterinary Care. You can contact Millwood Cat Rescue on 0115 923 5704 and Notts Cat Rescue on 0115 921 2308.        (By Faye Stenson)