Sweden is a country where cats have a very low status (value?) and you can bye a cat from 100 Swedish kr.
A dog costs at least 4000 Swedish kr to buy and therefore cats can be bought without much consideration or reponsibility. The cost of a kitten is about the same as a coffe and desert. There is a law for putting an ID tattoo or a chip on/in a dog but not for cats but many people have tried to get the same law for cats.
Many people also want a law for neutering cats, because they can have many kittens in one year.
Anything you do will be a big help.
They multiply quickly...A dog costs at least 4000 Swedish kr to buy and therefore cats can be bought without much consideration or reponsibility. The cost of a kitten is about the same as a coffe and desert. There is a law for putting an ID tattoo or a chip on/in a dog but not for cats but many people have tried to get the same law for cats.
Many people also want a law for neutering cats, because they can have many kittens in one year.
Anything you do will be a big help.
There is also a big ignorance, when it comes to cats.
Many people think that cats can manage on their own, because they are predators and because they have fur coats. Our climate is far too cold in the winter for cats and many cats freeze to death.
They also get sick and most stray cats are having inner parasites in their digestive system and scabies in their ears.
Some also have ticks. Not a nice thing to talk about, but we need to know, so we can help them from suffering.
Most of the cats coming to a Cat Shelter need medical treatment for different reasons so as you can see there is a very big need to helps cats in Sweden.
