Animal Rescue Algarve (ARA) has a new project that plans to build at least 40 shelters for stray cats in Loulé.
In a press release, the association explains that «stray cats have, as a rule, difficulty in being rehoused in domestic contexts».
Therefore, the «best solution to guarantee the rights of these animals, as well as to control their population explosion, is through the construction of shelters where they can live with dignity and be sterilized».
These shelters, explains the ARA, are essentially «intended to shelter the animals during the night, in adverse weather conditions, as well as being a stable and safe place» to eat.
According to the association, this project will have the support of the Municipality of Loulé, Parish Council of Almancil, Grouping of Schools of Almancil and Escola Secundária de Loulé to raise volunteers and funds for the maintenance of the shelters, as well as for programs of sterilization.
The idea is to build at least 40 shelters, but the number could reach «400».
Since the approval of the 2018 law banning the euthanasia of healthy animals, «the number of cats on the streets of Loulé has multiplied by the thousands; 98% of which are not sterilized, and lack shelter and regular access to basic care, food and water», laments the ARA.
The plan has already attracted the attention of more partners, namely through protocols with Inframoura, Infraquinta, and Infralobo, which will play a central role in the acquisition and delivery of resources at Prisão de Silves, which volunteered to build the shelters.
It is estimated that the plan could result in the sterilization of up to 1500 cats, having a substantive impact on the number of cats on the streets of Loulé, and radically improving the future of animal welfare in the city and surroundings.
The ARA hopes "that the plan will result in a reduction of up to 50% in stray cat populations over the next five years".
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