The BC SPCA is warning of the consequences of feeding stray cats after a person accidentally lured over 25 felines to their home in Kamloops, B.C.
The saga began during the COVID-19 pandemic when the finders began feeding stray cats around their home. It didn’t take long for word to spread among the feline community, says the BC SPCA.
“In no time at all the number of cats in their home more than doubled. They became overwhelmed and reached out to us,” said Daria Evans, manager of the BC SPCA’s Kamloops animal centre.
“This happens all too often when a kind person feeds a stray cat.”
Evans said the centre is currently in the process of bringing all the cats into their care, with six adult cats and four kittens already obtained and between 15 and 25 more four-legged friends to be collected over the coming weeks.
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