I WRITE in response to the letter 'RSPCA won't find homes this way', where the RSPCA would not re-home a cat on a supposedly 'busy road'.
I was in a similar position last year. I decided I would like to adopt a kitten and contacted the RSPCA and other cat rescue charities in response to their ads asking desperately for homes.
As Mrs Clayton did, I had a promising conversation with the RSPCA and was told that due to having no children or other pets and enough time, I was a good candidate to raise a kitten until they asked where I lived, after which I was told that the RSPCA do not re-home cats to people who live on busy roads.
I do not feel that the road I live on is one of the busy ones in Wycombe and we have woodlands directly at the side and back of our property. As well as contented cats, our garden is also visited by badgers, deer and foxes.
Luckily, a friend's cat had kittens soon after and we happily gave one a home. She is over a year old now and enjoys the woodland and very caring, devoted owners.
What a shame we could not give an abandoned kitten a home. I agree no wonder there are so many to re-home.
Dawn Pickering Greenhill, High Wycombe
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