This is from the City of Toronto:
"Toronto has an overpopulation of unwanted cats. Several
circumstances contribute to the intake of homeless cats at the City of
Toronto's animal shelters.
Some cats are born into feral cat colonies and live long
enough to reproduce before their life is cut short by the hardships of living
on the street. Other unwanted cats are born in homes where cat owners don't
spay/neuter their cats and allow them to breed.
Toronto Animal Services works hard to keep up with the
high intake of cats into its shelters, and tries to find good outcomes for as
many cats as possible. The public can help by adopting a kitten or cat.
June is Toronto Animal Services' Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat
Month. From June 16 to 30, you can go home with a kitten or cat adopted from a
Toronto shelter for only $25 (plus HST and a licence if applicable).
Cats breed in every season, but most typically in late
winter or early spring. By May every year, the City's animal shelters are
brimming with kittens. Contributing to this overpopulation is the fact that
stray and homeless cats are more visible in the warm weather, so they tend to
be brought to shelters in higher numbers in the spring and throughout the
warmer months. These factors result in shelters that are either full or nearing
capacity.
Several strategies are being used to stop the cycle of
cat overpopulation. One of the strategies is promoting the adoption of cats
from shelters. When people adopt a kitten or cat from Toronto Animal Services,
they receive a pet that is microchipped, vaccinated and, most importantly,
spayed/neutered so it cannot reproduce.
Kittens or cats adopted from sources other than a shelter
frequently are not spayed/neutered and are sometimes allowed to reproduce at
least once. Unfortunately, some cats never benefit from being spayed/neutered
and continue to reproduce for years.
Toronto Animal Services needs the support of residents to
help in providing a pet with a home this spring. For more information, call 311
or visit the Toronto Animal Services shelter in your neighbourhood."
Cheers,
Vanessa
Vanessa
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