The RSPCA is baffled as to why no-one desires to supply purr-fect Zara a house
A phenomenal three-year-old cat, who was rescued in Birmingham, together with two of her new child kittens – one in every of whom was discovered useless beside her – has not acquired a single supply of a house since coming into the RSPCA’s care in January.
Volunteers on the charity’s Stafford, Wolverhampton and District branch consider Zara’s color is likely to be placing folks off – with black, or black and white cats, usually taking far longer to rehome. Zara is the longest-staying feline at present within the department’s care.
Her plight has not been helped by the department reporting a 65 % lower in folks coming ahead to undertake cats, with solely seven discovering new houses final month, in comparison with 22 in July final yr.
Described as a “fabulous mini home panther”, Zara was discovered on their lonesome in freezing temperatures in Aston on 14 January by RSPCA inspector Ben Jones following a name to the charity by a involved member of the general public.
Alongside her have been her two 24-hour previous kittens, one in every of whom had sadly died.
Mum and daughter have been positioned within the care of one of many department’s fosterers, and it was initially contact and go as as to if her kitten, Zoe, would pull by. But Zara proved to be an important mum, and as quickly as Zoe was sufficiently old she went off to her new house, leaving Zara to begin the seek for hers.
But regardless of her ‘good persona’ not one individual has enquired about adopting Zara since she got here into rescue, prompting a particular enchantment for potential adopters to return ahead and meet her.
Tracey Rogers, rehoming officer for the RSPCA’s Stafford, Wolverhampton and District department stated: “Zara continues to be in search of her particular somebody and has no curiosity in any respect, not a single name or rehoming enquiry, which fully baffles us as she is such a stunning cat – assured, pleasant, playful, good with youngsters, every little thing you can want for in a feline member of the family.
“Unfortunately black and black and white cats will not be as common as their vibrant counterparts – the tabbies and the ginger cats – and it all the time takes us significantly longer to seek out them loving new houses.
“Zara is essentially the most lovely cat with an ideal persona to match and everybody who meets her falls in love together with her. All of the cattery assistants make time to play together with her and to fuss her for longer, and it’s simply so unhappy when the cats within the pens subsequent door are available and go off to their new houses, leaving Zara nonetheless ready for her joyful ending.
“We are certain the right household is on the market for Zara – they simply haven’t met her but. We’d encourage anybody who has been moved by her story, and might supply her an exquisite new house, to apply by our web site.”
As effectively as Zara, the Stafford, Wolverhampton and District department at present has one other 40 cats in its care, however rehoming figures are down 30 % on final yr. Rising residing prices – which might imply individuals are extra reluctant to tackle a pet and the monetary dedication they incur – are seen as one cause for the slowdown. Nationally, almost 20 % of pet house owners stated that they had considerations about having the ability to feed their pets in a recently-published RSPCA Animal Kindness Index.
At the identical time, the variety of folks contacting the RSPCA department to relinquish their cat has elevated. It’s thought that some house owners might have taken on a cat for firm throughout the Covid 19 lockdowns and now not need a pet now they’ll go on vacation and get out and about.
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