Tackling the province's cat overpopulation "crisis" is a primary focus of the BC SPCA's newly launched five-year plan.
"We have made significant progress in many areas of animal welfare in this province, but one issue that remains a serious concern in every community across B.C. is the staggering, and unacceptable, number of homeless cats who suffer and die tragic deaths because of human neglect," said BC SPCA chief executive officer Craig Daniell, in a press release.
Daniell said there are currently tens of thousands of homeless kittens and cats in B.C. forced to fend for themselves outdoors.
The key steps communities can take to reduce the number of homeless cats, he said, include providing lowcost spay/neuter funds, introducing mandatory pet identification, and bylaws that would require spaying and neutering cats with outdoor access.
