In Berkeley, the city shelter is flooded with felines looking for a good home.
Berkeley Animal Care Services says the number of cats being sheltered has tripled compared to last year and the manager suspects that increase can be linked to COVID-19.
So many kittens, in fact, that the Berkeley Animal Care Services shelter had to move cats into the dog kennels. The shelter typically takes in 40 cats between January and July. This year, the number jumped up to 122."During COVID, we know that not as many people were out trapping, neutering and fixing feral cats and we know from the statistics that half of kittens that come to shelters come from feral cats," she explained.
The shelter has signs posted on their doors and at the front counter. At least for the months of July, August and possibly longer, cat-adoption fees have been waived.
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