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‘We really need help’: RSPCA faces capacity crisis as cats arrive faster than they can be rehomed

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All 1 reports on Tue, 20 October 2026

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How it spread - 1 original report

  1. Tue, 20 October 2026

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    • The Guardian World14:59first to report

      About 20,000 cats were taken into charity’s care last year, an increase driven in part by pet hoarders There is a cat crisis in rescue centres across the country, the RSPCA has said, as abandoned felines now outnumber dogs in the charity’s shelters. Cats are arriving in RSPCA centres faster than they can be rehomed, and the charity is asking people across England and Wales to consider adopting. Pet owners are being urged to neuter their cats as kittens are increasingly being found dumped in...

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