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Cat General => Cat related Petitions => Topic started by: Ela on March 16, 2007, 06:44:59 AM

Title: THIS IS A DESPERATE SOS:
Post by: Ela on March 16, 2007, 06:44:59 AM

Received the morning:-

Just thought should this be in the petition's bit? Thank you now it have been moved.

Please, send it to all your friends and put it on your websites: http://www.geocities.com/sos_gatos

Video: SOS Cats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgcNo-TRbmo

Dear friends,

months ago building works began in Barcelona (Spain) to construct the high-speed railway that will connect us with France. These building works are carried out in areas that are no man´s land, abandoned plots of land and houses and old industrial sites, which are inhabited by abandoned cats or cats that were born there.

In Southern Barcelona demolishing and building works for the high-speed railway were started without any consideration for the cats that live there. Many cats were killed and others injured or mamed and the remaining cats are somehow trying to survive in the vicinity or on the building sites. It´s especially terrible that the responsable authorities for the building works are the city of Barcelona and theCatalan government.

Here in Spain animals don´t have any rights whatsoever. If for once a case of animal abuse reallygets to the courts the sentences are ridiculously low.

Shortly building works will start in the North of Barcelona, at the Sagrera station. In this area about 300 to 500 cats are living at the moment, whose lives are at risk. We, a group of neighbours who look after the cats together with some animal protection groups, have been asking the city government for quite some time to find another space for the cats and to create a controlled colony of cats. To this day we have not received an answer, nothing has been done and we have to conclude that the cats will suffer the same fate as the other cats at other building sites for this project or other private or public building sites. Cats and kittens are buried, crushed and mamed alive by the heavy machinery and the rest is done by car traffic since the street is in most cases the only place where the cats can stay.

We, or rather the cats, need your help urgently. Please write lot´s of letters to the mayor of Barcelona and the Catalan government. Over here, image is everything, tourism is a very important economic factor for Catalonia and you as a potential visitor of the city and the province of Catalonia can move more than we can over here. Below you will find a predrafted letter which you can use, or even better, you write in your own words (if possible, always with a copy to plataformagateraja@yahoo.es ).

Title: Re: THIS IS A DESPERATE SOS:
Post by: Hippykitty on March 17, 2007, 01:44:25 AM

Signed.

Also commented on youtube. (Where I'm muskndusk).

Thanks for bringing this to out attention.

Sickening!  :rules: :RIP:

Title: Re: THIS IS A DESPERATE SOS:
Post by: Cheesecat on March 23, 2007, 12:35:42 PM

Signed - poor babies  :hug:

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Post by: JackSpratt on March 25, 2007, 18:03:11 PM

Signed.

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Post by: Sam (Fussy_Furball) on March 29, 2007, 14:31:37 PM

Signed ..... poor babies  :'(

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Post by: J (Indoorcatsuk) on April 02, 2007, 22:26:14 PM

Signed. Appalling.

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Post by: Tan on May 08, 2007, 00:39:11 AM

Signed

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Post by: Bazsmum on May 08, 2007, 12:39:02 PM

Those poor cats little faces  :( Signed!

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Post by: rosiesmum on May 08, 2007, 17:45:46 PM

Signed.

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Post by: Mark on May 08, 2007, 23:49:03 PM

Has anyone seen the update. The local council has agreed to "resite" the cat colony.

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Post by: Bazsmum on May 09, 2007, 02:07:28 AM

 :wow: :wow: :wow: Great  ;D

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Post by: rosiesmum on May 09, 2007, 06:01:05 AM

Fantastic!!!

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Post by: Hippykitty on May 09, 2007, 06:49:17 AM

Could you put a link to the update please, Mark. So pleased about this.

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Post by: Mark on May 09, 2007, 07:02:46 AM

Hi Hippy,

It's on the original link page.  ;D

http://www.geocities.com/sos_gatos

Not sure how they would go about this but it sounds like they are doing something.

Title: Re: THIS IS A DESPERATE SOS:
Post by: Hippykitty on May 15, 2007, 08:08:24 AM

Thanks. I just checked the link, but it seems that nothing has actually been done and there's only two weeks left until construction starts!

Title: Re: THIS IS A DESPERATE SOS:
Post by: smudgepickles on May 24, 2007, 23:35:19 PM

There is still no news on this  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( all those poor darling fur babes must be so scred and how many will die because they (the scumbag workmen) wont worry with their big diggers. The mummys wont be able to move new borns fast enough........... sad.......so very, very sad    :( :( :(


xx

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Post by: Felix (Caroline) on May 25, 2007, 14:43:59 PM

Signed :(

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Post by: a very sad lynne on July 17, 2007, 21:50:35 PM

Signed.

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Post by: Mojo on July 17, 2007, 22:50:55 PM

Signed

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Post by: jecca on February 03, 2009, 01:18:25 AM

i cant beleive this. i was crying just watching the video of all the little cats not knowing where to go.

it breaks my heart :'( i wish i could just take them all :'(


stupid workmen, >:( they just dont care!!!! and its not fair on they poor souls :'(

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Post by: bonnielass on February 03, 2009, 10:07:26 AM

Poor babes must be so scared :scared: signed

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Post by: Janeyk on February 04, 2009, 08:07:15 AM

 :'( Signed

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Post by: madkittyrescue on February 04, 2009, 10:34:21 AM

I have signed but notice the date shows May 2007, does anyone know what the outcome was??    there is nothing (that I can see) on their website.

Title: Re: THIS IS A DESPERATE SOS:
Post by: Janeyk on February 04, 2009, 10:52:06 AM

yes, that puzzled me too, I was wondering whether anything has actually happened?