Cat adoption centre at Seaway Mall celebrates 10 years of feline friendship

Niagara SPCA and Humane Culture has created fairly a paw print in the 9 life it possible has at its cat adoption centre at Seaway Shopping mall.

The volunteer-operated facility opened its doorways 10 a long time ago and has processed more than 7,300 adoptions since then.

On Saturday, a celebration was held to mark the a single-10 years anniversary, attended by community associates and volunteers from the past and existing.

Even though a little bit far more than a dozen felines are offered at Niagara SPCA shelters in Welland, Niagara Falls and Port Colborne, there are normally 15 to 20 on exhibit at the shopping mall, visible to consumers as they look through its suppliers, or wander from the nearby food stuff courtroom.

“It’s more of an inviting location for folks to come see the cats,” reported govt director John Greer.

“As rapid as we provide them in, they get adopted out.”

He reported “a lot of shelters actually struggle” with an abundance of kitties, and that proprietors require to be informed of how they can protect against overpopulation.

“People believe it is Ok to let them out if they are not fastened, but it is not,” he mentioned.

Cats that are not spayed or neutered should really strictly be indoor animals, he explained.

This is mostly why humane societies see a steady move of cats coming via their doors.

“It just by no means finishes,” he explained, incorporating a “domino effect” of unfixed cats possessing litters of kittens makes far more ladies to reproduce and add to the population.

“As a shelter, we definitely see that overpopulation situation,” he said.

Cats adopted out of nearby shelters and the shopping mall are not able to reproduce.

Feral cats are taken treatment of at shelters and not the centre at the mall.

“We’ll continue to keep them at the shelters so there’s staff seeking after them,” he stated, referring to them also as “barn” cats.

He said it’s important for the SPCA to “showcase” its array of tabbies and calicos and other breeds since canines tend be far more well-liked.

“Cats usually sit down below canines,” he mentioned, contacting it a little bit of a “sad” reality.

Volunteer co-ordinator Linda Silvester claimed a crew of extra than 50 people today deliver their time to assist.

She reported it is a “win-gain situation” for the centre and the mall, bringing men and women as a result of the doors who assist shops and take a look at the adoption centre in one particular excursion.