ANIMAL Anti-Cruelty League (AACL) Johannesburg held a successful feral cat spay-a-thon on World Animal Day, Tuesday, October 4.
Fifty-four feral cats (30 males and 24 females) were sterilised, vaccinated against rabies and had their ears clipped. Ear clipping or notching is very important for identification purposes when capturing ferals for sterilisation. Of interest and because its ear had not been previously clipped, one of the cats during the spay-a-thon was found upon examination, to have already been sterilised.
Of the 23 females, eight were found to be pregnant and two were lactating. The lactating females were returned to their litters as soon as the effects of the anaesthetic had been reversed. Excluding the one feral cat population from Heidelberg, all other ferals were from colonies in the South of Johannesburg.
AACL’s feral cat co-ordinator, Armand Jackson said, “We had planned on the sterilisation of 60 cats, but this was contingent upon our ability to successfully capture them. Luckily it all went well and we can relax in the knowledge that these animals are now healthy and will no longer be able to breed indiscriminately.”
AACL thanks everyone who assisted on the day, with a special thanks to Charlmaine Pereira of SA Feral Foundation, for the delicious lunch she provided for the team.
For more information on AACL, contact them on jhb@aacl-jhbnb.co.za or 011 435 0672.
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