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I have been contacted by the Cat Haven who assure me that the following post is completely untrue. They do not and have not recommended a pest control company to callers looking for help with cats.
Now in compiling this story I spoke to a member of the public who had, had cats removed, a rescue group who helped collect some kittens who were left over after this removal (and who phoned all the agencies involved), and someone who they themselves said they had the process confirmed direct by Cat Haven management. But turns out all of these people were mistaken. The same mistake. At the same time.
So again, please note the article below = not true.
Except that it is. On their website FAQ
Please bear in mind that Cat Haven are extremely busy and there may be a waiting period until a ranger is able to attend. Alternatively, you can contact a reputable pest control company who bring their trapped cats into Cat Haven for assessment.
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The safest way to trap a cat is to use an experienced company such as Cat Haven or a pest control company who brings their cats to Cat Haven for processing.
If that isn’t recommending people simply use a pest control company I don’t know what is.
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Compassionate people donate hundreds of thousands, to millions of dollars, to animal welfare organisations each year, because they love pets.
Compassionate people contact animal welfare organisations for help, because they want to see animals to be helped, and saved.
Compassionate people don’t donate to pest control companies, or call them for help, because it is the anthesis of compassion to kill healthy, living animals for simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The distinction between a animal welfare organisation and a pest control company should be obvious. It should be glaringly obvious.
Unfortunately, often it isn’t.
The Cat Haven in WA charges $40 for their Ranger to visit a property, and $10 for each cat that is trapped. If their ranger is unable to fit your booking in – wait for it – they will recommend a representative from Rentokil come and trap the cat for you.
That’s right – a pest control company.
The Cat Haven have a relationship with a pest control company to help them with their work ‘rescuing’ (read killing) cats. Rentokil trap the cat, then take her the closest compliant vet where she is disposed of. The kill doesn’t count in the Cat Haven annual stats – no harm, no foul.
The same people who are taking donations from the public as an animal welfare organisation – who are one of the founding members of the ‘Getting to Zero’ campaign and who were recently given $75,000 a year from the state government to be the major representative for cat welfare – are working in conjunction with a pest control company.
Because ‘rescue’ = killing, in WA cat welfare.
No wonder there is little in the way of proactive solutions to cat management being seen in the state, when those supposedly on the side of the cats, are so happy to recommend that they be slaughtered to order.
See also: Joondalup cat rescue
