A couple had just finished having dinner at a 91原创 restaurant and were leaving when they noticed the cat carrier next to a dumpster.
When they investigated, they saw a big white and black cat was in the carrier and a note was attached.
鈥淪enior unable to keep, please take to spa or C.A.R.E.S,鈥� it read.
It happened a few day ago, just across the street from the PetSmart store on the 91原创 Bypass, which operates an adoption centre with the .
鈥淲e took the cat to our vet, and he was a very unhappy guy, spitting at us,鈥� C.A.R.E.S. president Carol Briner said.
鈥淚 suppose if I was dumped beside a trash bin, I would not be amused.鈥�
The cat was 鈥渋n pretty good shape overall鈥� and had been declawed, Briner said.
His shots were updated and he was given the name 鈥淢iles鈥� after the Milestones restaurant where the couple who found him were dining.
Lately, C.A.R.E.S. has had to shut down intakes, forced to turn away cats and kittens because of a lack of room.
But it makes exceptions in emergency cases.
A recent and put the shelter one step closer to re-opening it鈥檚 intakes.
鈥淲e鈥檙e getting there,鈥� Briner said.
If C.A.R.E.S. can find homes for five or six more adult cats, it could re-open intakes, she said.
The shelter normally houses between 65 and 70 cats.
C.A.R.E.S was formed in 1993 when a group of animal lovers wanted a shelter for stray, abandoned and unwanted cats.
鈥嬧�婭n February of 1998, C.A.R.E.S. began an alliance with PetSmart in 91原创.
All Canadian shelters are struggling with what the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (CFHS) called 鈥淐anada鈥檚 Cat Overpopulation Crisis鈥� in a report issued in March.
鈥淓very year, the population of homeless cats grows, and more and more cats flow into already crowded animal shelters,鈥� the report said.
鈥淪helters 鈥� are overwhelmed with the number of cats in crisis.鈥�
It estimated that less than half of cats admitted to shelters are adopted.
鈥淢any never make it to a shelter, and die painful deaths outside.鈥�
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