2024-08-22 14:31:49
Anderlecht shelter help animals Counting the numbers: Last week alone, the agency had to turn away 102 cats. Due to lack of space at the center, 15 cats are turned away every day. Nadège Pineau, operations manager of the animal rescue center laments: “We feel like we are repeating ourselves, but every summer is worse than the last! We turned away 102 cats that we could not help, half of which were 102 cats.” If you are lucky, If possible, they will join another shelter or a new family, but in the worst cases, they will be abandoned in the wild—sometimes even thrown into the trash—or even euthanized for lack of solutions.
In some shelters that are already at capacity, we will continue to accept cats so they are not euthanized out of convenience. “But overpopulation in these shelters can lead to health problems for the cats.”
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This problem is not new. This problem should have been solved years ago by making sterilization mandatory in every region. In fact, both male and female sterilization should be made compulsory throughout Belgium in order to combat overpopulation. In Brussels, all cats must be neutered before 6 months of age. exist Wallonia sterilizes all cats since 2017regardless of their age, whileIn Flanders, only people born before September 2014 are still exempt from this obligation.
But in reality, control is non-existent. Despite the ban, we still see people adopting cats on social networks. Veterinarians do not always remind their clients of the obligation to neuter. The latter are sometimes refused due to cost. “However, failing to spay or neuter your cat can be considered, if not animal cruelty, at least neglect. This is because unneutered cats are more likely to run away during hot periods and get into fights with other cats. Therefore, other cats may be affected by simply Blood contact can spread diseases such as feline AIDS.
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According to Help for Animals, Belgium appears to be “severely” lacking in the structures to deal with this growing problem. Existing shelters quickly reach their maximum capacity, especially during the summer, a period when abandonment is unfortunately common. “Furthermore, despite the legal provisions, we are receiving an increasing number of unidentified and/or unneutered cats,” said Fabrizio Follacchio, director of Help for Animals, lamenting the incident. The crisis highlights the urgency for better control of individuals’ obligations to identify and neuter cats.
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