Australia’s rental crisis is forcing some people to surrender their pets, while other animals are being abandoned to die a 'terrible death', according to animal welfare advocates. One woman is trying to change that.
Australia’s rental crisis is forcing some people to surrender their pets, while other animals are being abandoned to die a"terrible death", according to animal welfare advocates. One woman is trying to change that.Image: Cat cafe owner Yuki Arai with a rescue cat.
Jiji Rescue Cat Cafe opened six months ago in Sydney's Middle Cove, inspired by similar businesses in Arai's home city of Tokyo. “These animals cannot fend for themselves. Yes, they can eat cockroaches and mice, but eventually they either get run over or slowly starve, and we find them covered in fleas, ticks and lice, and they have worms from eating lizards.”Cotton is a young rescue cat.“A cat dumped in the bush will be lucky to survive six to eight months in the wild. And it is a terrible death. It is a shocking death,” director Bernard Bradshaw says.
“If you adopt an animal, it's really beautiful because you are giving it a second chance," says Watson. “Sadly most of the cats we rescue are not desexed, vaccinated or microchipped. So that is the first thing we do.”Arai opened Jiji Rescue Cat Cafe in February this year. Behind a village shopfront, customers can play with rescue cats in dedicated playrooms for a small fee. In the six months since the cafe opened, Arai has built up a dedicated following.
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