31/07/2026
🚨 THE CAT CRISIS: WHY NEUTERING MATTERS MORE THAN EVER 🚨
Our local cat charities — Pippa’s Army, Bow Lodge and Cat Lady — are full and under immense pressure. Every week, they are faced with more cats and kittens needing help than they have the resources to care for.
💔 THE REALITY WE ARE SEEING
🐾 Kittens having kittens before they are fully grown
🐾 Female cats producing multiple litters every year
🐾 Inbreeding within unmanaged cat populations
🐾 Abandoned pregnant cats left to give birth alone
🐾 Female cats giving birth in bushes, gardens, alleyways and on the streets
🐾 Cats and kittens dumped in boxes and abandoned
🐾 Injured cats and kittens left without treatment
🐾 Malnourished and dehydrated cats and kittens
🐾 Cats and kittens suffering from cat flu
🐾 Severe flea infestations
🐾 Life-threatening flea anaemia, particularly in young kittens
🐾 Friendly cats that appear to have been abandoned or dumped
As veterinary professionals, we see these heartbreaking cases all too often. Many of these cats and kittens arrive frightened, hungry, injured and desperately unwell. Some require intensive veterinary treatment, and sadly some are simply too weak to survive.
💛 HOW WE CAN HELP
We offer heavily discounted neutering and microchipping for £10 for eligible clients within the RM postcode area, and we support the Cats Protection C4 Scheme.
By neutering your cat, you can help prevent unwanted litters, reduce the number of cats entering rescue, and ease the pressure on local charities already struggling to cope.
🐾 ADOPT • NEUTER • PROTECT
Together, we can help break the cycle of overpopulation and prevent unnecessary suffering for cats and kittens in our community.
📞 Contact Riverside Vets Grays for advice or to book an appointment.
With thanks to Pippa’s Army, Bow Lodge and Cat
