HALLOWEEN 2017

COMMUNITY CATS NETWORK HAVE ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.

We feel it necessary to issue a precautionary notice of cats going missing around the Ballinspittle-Kilbrittain area. These cats are all black. They all lived within a few miles of one another. They all went missing within a 24 hour period between Tues 10/10/17 and Wed 11/10/17.
We have contacted the Gardai in Bandon and Kinsale, as well as local Gardai, to inform them of our suspicions.
As a matter of some urgency we would appeal to anyone who may have noticed anything out of the usual around the areas mentioned to contact us, in confidence, through private message to this page or by ringing, 086 4676111. All contacts will be held in the strictest confidence.
As a general warning we would urge all cat owners to be extra vigilant around this time of year. Halloween can be a fun time but it also brings out some pretty asinine behaviour that involves direct cruelty to animals, especially cats.
CCN is now working with Community Gardai to bring this matter to a speedy resolution.
We would ask our followers to share this as far and as wide as they possibly can.

New Animal Health and Welfare Act 2014

This new act has a number of features that did not appear before in animal welfare legislation.

Some of the important changes relate to the offence of cruelty to animals,  the changed definition of offences, the increased penalties for offences, the increased powers to the judiciary, the increased responsibilities of owners, and most critically the extension of authorized officer powers to NGO welfare organizations with a focus on urban areas.

Did You See This?

On the 9th of September last there was an urgent phone call. The voice on the phone was almost panic-stricken.

She said, ‘I just want to report something my boyfriend saw, driving between Carrigtwohill and Midleton. He was so shocked he was nearly sick. Someone dropped a kitten out a car onto the road, and further up he dropped another kitten out. She thought one kitten was dead, and the other was injured.’