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A particularly high number of abandoned cats are currently in the Birs animal shelter. Cats arrive at the shelter, often injured. Here they end up in the quarantine boxes first. After two months, the animals are transferred again. Until then, the true owners of the animals have time to collect their cats.
Active at dusk
Now that it’s getting dark faster, the cats are activated earlier. “Since cats are nocturnal, that is normal. For them it is like going out ”, explains Sandra Müller, head of service at the Birs animal shelter.
There are currently eight cats in the shelter’s collection boxes, most of them injured. More will be added as the week progresses. All injuries were caused by a rolling object. Especially now, when it gets dark earlier, this is not uncommon.
Unfortunately, it is normal for cats to meet more during the turn of the year. “It’s just that you see these animals too late in the evening. So, in certain circumstances, there is nothing else to do with the car, nor with the motorcycle, ”Müller tells Telebasel.
After recovery, society waits
As soon as the cats are healthy, they are placed in a larger enclosure and in the company of other cats. You have two months to pick up your cat from the animal shelter. If this is not the case, they will be referred.
It is surprising that most of the cats found are not wanted at all. Many animals are often not lost at all, but simply collected. “That’s why you have to look very carefully, you have to watch them for a long period of time,” explains Müller.
“For example, you can see what the fur looks like and if you can get close to the cat. If you go to a little one like that to pet him, you rub him on your legs and then you know it belongs to someone. According to Müller, it is important not to assume that all the street cats have been lost.
Therefore, the animal shelter strongly recommends biting your own cat. It is particularly important to link the chip number with the owner and have this information entered. This is the only way to ensure that the right owner can be found.