Our Social Initiative: Cat de-sexing
Walawaani Ways’ Social Initiative is assisting pet owners to spay and neuter their cats - as a kind way to reduce their numbers - in order to help protect our precious Australian wildlife.
Australian wildlife have had very little time to adapt to introduced species such as cats and foxes.
Stray cats are a threat to the local wildlife.
It brings me great pleasure to be able to work with animal welfare groups, AWL and RSPCA to assist in getting cats de-sexed in the local area. I’ve had a few cats as pets in the past and loved them very much, but despite trying to keep them indoors as much as possible, they venture outdoors and would kill native birds, lizards and possums. It’s a big problem in Australia and incredibly large numbers of wildlife are killed every year from cats.
Walawaani Way’s Social Initiative is to assist local Bodalla residents to get their cats (and some dogs) desexed. That involves helping them out financially or logistically by collecting them from their house, taking them to the Moruya vet and then bringing them home.
It’s a very rewarding thing to do and we know it’s helping pet owners and ensuring we don’t have an even bigger cat problem in the future. Sadly we have groups of homeless cats already venturing out into the local bushland. It’s a very effective thing to do, considering that;
“One unswayed cat and her offspring can produce more than 2 millions kittens in just 8 years.” (Bissell Pet Foundation)
If you would like to assist with this important initiative, please contact Fiona on: fiona@walawaaniway.com or 0402 892 759. Financially helping the desexing of one cat can make a big difference. Your money goes directly to the Vet. There is a lot of work to do so any help would be fantastic!
Fiona McCuaig - Founder of Walawaani Way
Tigger was taken to the vet for desexing at 4 months old which is the ideal time to get a cat desexed before there is more!
Xena is a local Bodalla First Nation’s dog who recently had nine puppies that needed new homes. The owners approached us to help them get her desexed which was a great decision. An estimated 70,000 healthy and treatable dogs and cats are put to sleep each year in Australia according to the Australian Pet Welfare Association)
Well done to ACT for their progressive policies:
All cats in the ACT born after 1 July 2022 must be contained in the owners properties. A number of suburbs have also been declared cat containment areas for nature conservation reasons. This means all cats in these areas, regardless of age, must be contained.
