Who got a million dollars to impound cats?

The two biggest champions of WA’s new cat laws, were without a doubt the RSPCA WA and the Cat Haven.

I’ve requested from the WA government, the full list of grant recipients and the amounts given. And you’ll never guess who the two biggest benefactors were? Go on. Have a guess…

See the full list – WA Cat Act Implementation Grant Program

The RSPCA and Cat Haven have been gifted nearly a million dollars combined, simply to build two big cat pounds in Perth – one north, one south of the river.

Given all we know about impounding cats (that it doesn’t work out so great for the cats), this is a very sad result indeed.

Some other interesting facts about the $3m WA Cat Act grant program, “aimed at reducing the high proportion of stray cats in Western Australia”.

$1,900,000 – Amount spent on impound facilities 

$260,000 – Amount spent on ‘miscellaneous expenses’ (traps, registration systems)

$690,000 – Amount spent on sterilisation programs

Meaning that for every one dollar being spent on programs designed to help cats and keep them out of pounds, three dollars is being spent on resources for trapping (and likely killing) cats.

Sure that will turn out fine.

See also: The pendulum swings