Purley animal rescue workers help stray cats in Turkey
by Lucy Buckland
lucy.buckland@essnmedia.co.uk
A trio of cat charity rescue workers have returned from Turkey where they neutered almost 40 kittens.
Eleanor Walls, Elizabeth Rundle and Claire Wood Hill, embarked on the trip to Gocek after Mrs Walls went on a summer holiday to the seaside village and spotted maimed and sickly cats breeding.
Mrs Wall was saddened to see the stray cats leading such miserable lives so she set about raising money to buy neutering equipment to stop them breeding.
Just before Christmas the trio, who work at Purley Cattery, raised more than £1,600 for materials for their trip on January 18.
Mrs Walls, 67, who owns 12 cats, said: "The problem was even worse than we suspected.
"We trapped and neutered 39 cats, and treated three others, including giving one kitten, who was too young to be spayed, a contraceptive injection.
"Many of them had to have stitches in wounds where they had been fighting, and various abscesses treated.
"We came back exhausted but thrilled with what we had done."
The cat enthusiast says fundraising for her furry friends in Turkey is far from over.
She explained: "There are about another 150 un-neutered cats in the village, and unless we go back and neuter fairly quickly, we will be working to stand still, as they have litter after litter."
*If you would like to donate to their cause, write to Eleanor Walls, Purley Cattery, 110 Riddlesdown Road, Purley, CR8 1DD.
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by minter, bromley
Sunday, February 28 2010, 10:36AM
“obviously a wind up from andy some cats dogs ect are all some people have elderley people who live alone ect.”
by Andy, Croydon
Saturday, February 27 2010, 4:08PM
“Do as I do,trap them,and eat them,very much like chicken,best stewed slowly.”
by jay, south
Saturday, February 27 2010, 10:28AM
“Anon, Anon ,
cats are like lodgers thay come and go and after fouling on everyones gardens and digging out your rubbish digging up your plants thay thean come home for a nice cuddle and a bit to eat what is nice about cats? thats right nothing..now if my dog come and dug up your garden sh.t on your lawn pulled up all your flowers cat lovers like your self would go mad ...do not expect lots of people to like cats all animails have a right to live and people that harm cats wont shooting but me and many others will allways hate the vermin things”
by Another Anon, croydon
Friday, February 26 2010, 9:16PM
“Dont talk utter b*****ks. go do some research.
Anon, Anon
commented on 26-Feb-2010 16:39”
by Tom, Local
Friday, February 26 2010, 5:59PM
“How many Anon, Anons are there?”
by Anon, Anon
Friday, February 26 2010, 4:39PM
“It may be natural for cats to hunt but you have to remember they are domestic animals. The reason there are to many cats is because we let them breed.
If cats lived in the wild there would not be 8 million of them killing all the birds.
I think a cull is needed before they get out of hand and destroy all of our birds.”
by Anon, Anon
Friday, February 26 2010, 3:54PM
“Of course its natural tom, its part of a cats DNA to hunt prey. Birds are prey. no matter how much you feed your cat, he will still hunt.
As for the comment about they scratch and bite you, yeah! because a cat sees it as play time...mine do it, you just have to know how to avoid it. or failing that..if you annoy a cat..serves you damn right.”
by LMH, South Croydon
Friday, February 26 2010, 3:13PM
“12 cats???? I bet the house stinks!”
by Anon, Anon
Friday, February 26 2010, 12:37PM
“They have no loyalty. If your neighbour puts out nicer food than you do, you can say good bye to your cat.
And a cat would eat you given the chance.
And they scratch and bite you.”
by Tom, Local
Friday, February 26 2010, 11:38AM
“Christopher,
What¿s to sort out? I love animals, especially the birds that visit my back garden. cats in this country slaughter them by the millions each year. They are not natural as Patricia suggests, they are part of an industry that makes huge amounts of money out of them. If mankind hadn¿t stepped in the breeds wouldn¿t exist¿..and as I stated yesterday, no one needs 12 cats.”