Street cats in southern Spain
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There are numerous street cats living in the surfing paradise of Tarifa and the surrounding villages.

Due to the unstoppable growth of the city, the animals are losing more and more their habitats. Undeveloped plots, ruins, green spaces in and around the city are now almost completely replaced by apartment blocks and hotels, and the cats can no longer find a place to hide.

Many residents feel bothered by the presence of the street cats. Volunteers and neighbours who feed the animals, provide veterinary care if necessary or castrate them are unfortunately often not welcome. Sadly, there are too many animals living on the streets and the few volunteers cannot take them all home. Many of these animals suffer from chronic diseases, often they become victims of the city's clean-up and rat control measures (e.g. by rat poison), are attacked by private persons, poisoned, run over or even shot.

And why don't we just take all the street cats to a shelter?

The animal shelters in the area are completely overcrowded. There, these cats would have to live in cages with dozens of other cats. There is usually insufficient staff. Most of the time, there are no employees but volunteers who sacrifice their free time with all their love for the animals in the shelter in order to make their lives in a cage a bit more bearable for them. They have neither sufficient space nor time and means to care for the animals in a species-appropriate way. Therefore, we try to keep the animals in free-living, controlled colonies as far as possible and care for them there.

Unfortunately, we encounter more and more resistance. Although there are many good people who want to help, in every town and in almost every neighbourhood there are people who detest cats and wantonly torture or even kill them. Often they are called a nuisance and (mis)treated accordingly. 

If you have a heart for cats, you can help in many ways: