New programme will see stray cats neutered

20 February 2019

New programme will see stray cats neutered

The veterinary services announced on Tuesday the third phase of an island-wide stray cat neutering programme will be launched this year.

The programme, with a budget of €75,000, is the third phase of actions taken to implement a cabinet decision of August 2017 which called for measures to decrease stray populations of both cats and dogs, though so far allocated budgets have only targeted the stray cat population.

The Animal Party on Tuesday applauded the new government programme but called on the veterinary services to show if it has undertaken efforts to record stray populations, as updated data on either the increase or decrease in the number of stray cats and dogs is necessary for the evaluation of the programme so far.

 

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