LRT | EBU | Lithuania | Feral cats
Like 0 Dislike 0 Published on 16 Mar 2016
LRT © 2016
DOPESHEET
Feral cats often divide residents of apartment buildings into the ones who tend to care and feed them and the others who are angry about all the mess around.
Activists from Lithuanian NGO Pet Welfare Initiative aim to resolve the dispute by introducing official feeding points with some cozy houses for feral cats at apartment buildings yards.
A lot of people are angry that I feed cats under their windows and in this legal place I can feed cats without fear, says Larisa, a resident from one of Vilnius apartment buildings.
Larisa is one of those cat feeders who look after feral cats on a daily basis. Cats usually know their feeding time and now they wait for Larisa at the official feeding point.
Pet Welfare Initiative started to build feeding points for cats last fall and now the organization count 21 feeding points. They aim for 35.
Houses that are built for feral cats at feeding points usually have hay and are reliable shelter.
One such house cost 50 Euros. All money was raised by cat lovers’ donations.
SHOTLIST
Sound bite (Lithuania), MILDA BUKANTYTE, representative of NGO Pets Welfare Initiative: Based on the system special permissions are granted in municipality for an official cat feeding point. These points are places where feral cats can be fed, handled, sterilized and you can see these special houses built for them.
Sound bite (Lithuanian), LARISA ZOBINA, feeder of feral cats: A lot of people are angry that I feed cats under their windows and in this legal place I can feed cats without fear that someone would shout on me and even if they would I know what I can answer.
Sound bite (Lithuania), MILDA BUKANTYTE, representative of NGO Pets Welfare Initiative: In order to avoid all that discontent we want clean feeding points with special houses.
Sound bite (Lithuania), MILDA BUKANTYTE, representative of NGO Pets Welfare Initiative: There are many feral cats near apartment buildings and I do not see any decrease in numbers. However, there are many people who want to look after those feral cats.