Abandoned Kittens Let Down By The RSPCA

Last week I rescued a stray kitten approx 6 months old, she was so thin and was crying outside my flat, obviously she had been abandoned by her previous owner as she is very friendly and playful.

I have never taken in a stray animal before and thought the re-homing process would be a lot easier. I had no contact with the RSPCA before this and thought of them as a highly charitable organization committed to re-homing stray and unwanted pets.

When I rang them up I was shocked to find out that the cat is now my responsibility and if I don't want it in my home I should "send it back out onto the streets because cats, even kittens are strong even if they look skinny and sick".


Obviously I did not put the cat back on the streets! Instead I have had it living with me for the past week whilst I try to re-home it.

London is apparently full of black unwanted kittens and cats, and they're just aren't enough shelters for all the strays and unwanted cats.

Maybe if the RSPCA stopped spending so much money on advertising and actually invested it into building more shelter for homeless animals, these young animals wouldn't be left on the streets.

I must mention how amazing Animal Aid and Welfare in East Finchley have been, they took the kitten to the RSPCA discount vet for me and didn't let the RSPCA take it into one of its packed homes where if not re-homed within a certain time it would be 'euthanised' according to a lady from their head office!

Also the Wood Green Animal Shelter which sounds and looks like a lovely place, who have said they may be able to take Betsy the kitten into its care this week and get her re-homed!


There are some amazing small cat shelters and animal charities out there, if you can don't donate to the mass corporations like the RSPCA help those like the Wood Green Shelter and Animal Aid and Welfare who never put any healthy animal or animal that can be treated with medication down.