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‘We really need help’: RSPCA faces capacity crisis as cats arrive faster than they can be rehomed
About 20,000 cats were taken into charity’s care last year, an increase driven in part by pet hoardersThere is a cat crisis in rescue centres across the country, the RSPCA has said, as abandoned felines now outnumber dogs in the charity’s shelters.Cats are arriving in RSPCA centres faster than they can be rehomed, and the charity is asking people across England and Wales to consider adopting. Pet
Published Tuesday, 20 October 2026 at 14:59
About 20,000 cats were taken into charity’s care last year, an increase driven in part by pet hoardersThere is a cat crisis in rescue centres across the country, the RSPCA has said, as abandoned felines now outnumber dogs in the charity’s shelters.Cats are arriving in RSPCA centres faster than they can be rehomed, and the charity is asking people across England and Wales to consider adopting. Pet owners are being urged to neuter their cats as kittens are increasingly being found dumped in perilous conditions. Continue reading...
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