An elderly cat has gone missing from its owners home in the Carr Lane area of Birkdale, Southport.
Marmalade, a 20 year old ginger and white cat vanished from its owners home a week ago and has, uncharacteristically, not returned home since.
The disappearance is nearly a year exactly since Marmalade last went missing, at the end of June 2017.
His owner Jayne McKay is now pleading with Birkdale residents in the Waterloo Road, Liverpool Road and Carr Lane area of Birkdale to check their sheds and gardens for Marmalade as she is growing increasingly concerned for his safety.
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https://www.otsnews.co.uk/cats-a-serious-danger-to-wildlife-and-our-children/
Feline danger to native wildlife
Domestic cats are lethal hunters, killing at least 275 million other animals a year in Britain, a report showed today. The apparently cuddly pets prey on a number of declining and endangered species, including water voles and dormice, said the Mammal Society. The survey, called Look What the Cat Brought in, found that the average household cat caught or killed between 30 and 40 creatures a year. With an estimated nine million pet cats in this country, the haul amounted to 200 million mammals, 55 million birds and 10 million reptiles and amphibians. Survey co-ordinator Michael Woods said the effect on species already under threat was a “considerable cause for concern”.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-19353/Cats-kill-275-million-animals-year.html
Uncontrolled cats by roads: a danger to drivers and themselves.
https://www.otsnews.co.uk/cats-allowed-roam-free-across-busy-roads/
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