Cat epidemic at ‘crisis’ level

And veteran volunteers like Pam Price are having to dip into their pensions to make sure that fostered felines are properly fed.

Pam, who’s been involved in cat rescue for more than 40 years, said: “I’m angry and desperate.

“We’re doing our best but we’ve got more than 100 kittens looking for homes.

“We simply can’t take any more, it’s at crisis level, an epidemic.”

She added: “Before we’re overrun with unwanted animals, I want to plead with everyone to have their cats, both male and female, neutered.”

Pam – who’s been sworn at, kicked and attacked as she deals with abandoned and abused cats – spends most of her time, and pension, trying to help.

But she despairs of the wicked people who tape kittens in shoeboxes and lock cats in pet carriers before throwing them into bushes.

“I would like to think these so-called members of the human race have a conscience,” she said. “But I’ll have to wait until hell freezes over for them to consider the poor animals they discard like so much rubbish.”