Awareness campaigns on the eve of vacation departures have multiplied in recent years. However, nothing helps: the abandonments continue. And the Haute-Loire is no exception to the phenomenon.
Unsterilized females
“Dropouts happen all year round. But during the summer, we get a lot more cats. These are wild females, not sterilized or even unwanted litters, ”says Phylicia Mars, employed for two years within the Society for the Protection of Animals (SPA Haute-Loire).
This summer, like the two previous ones, we are full.
The crowd is such that the employees and volunteers of the association had to mobilize the treatment room to accommodate some of them. “There shouldn’t be a litter coming, because we won’t know where to put it,” laments Phylicia Mars.
Seven puppies found in a box next to the garbage cans in Bains
Before concluding: “People expect far too much from the SPA and think that we have all the solutions. However, it is not the case. We have a structure, a team and resources that are limited.
Dominique Lemoine
Practice. The SPA is open to the public from Monday to Saturday from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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