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KamaAina

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Wed May 6, 2015, 12:10 PM May 2015

Is drought behind uptick in abandoned kittens?

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Is-drought-behind-uptick-in-abandoned-kittens-6241683.php

The California drought has had a pronounced effect on the animal kingdom — salmon are getting stuck up dry riverbeds, bears are wandering farther in search of food and water, and newts have stayed in hibernation longer, perhaps because it’s not wet enough to come out.

Now, there may be another critter to add to the list of the drought-afflicted: kittens.

Animal shelter officials in Oakland made a public plea for donations Monday after announcing at a news conference that warm, dry weather had put love in the air in the East Bay, at least in the feline world. Cats appear to be mating more — and producing more offspring than they can care for.

“We get a lot of kittens every year, but it has started early this year,” said Rebecca Katz, director of Oakland Animal Services, as a quartet of month-old cats that had been lost or abandoned joined her in front of television cameras.


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Is drought behind uptick in abandoned kittens? (Original Post) KamaAina May 2015 OP
I wouldn't categorically say the premise is wrong NV Whino May 2015 #1
That little kitten looks worried. meti57b May 2015 #2
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