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There's a campaign in Bray to 'protest the killing' of seven 'homeless' cats

A pest control company has been hired.

A PROTEST IS being organised in Bray this morning to counter the removal by pest controllers of seven feral cats at an apartment complex in the town.

The protest is being supported by Greystones Kitty Hostel who say they are willing to trap, neuter and release the cats.

The demonstration is being organised using the Facebook event ‘Protest the Killing of Homeless Cats in Bray’.

“As well as being immoral and unethical it actually makes no sense to trap and kill feral cats,” says vet Alan Rossiter of Blacklion Pet Hospital in Greystones.

They will just be replaced by other feral cats who come in to take their place. The only long term solution is to trap the cats, neuter them and return them. This will result in a small, stable group of healthy and neutered cats – that do not reproduce.

The wild cats live in the surrounds of the Diamond Valley Apartments with organisers of this morning’s protest claiming that the majority of residents are opposed to the killing of the cats. Only two, they say, are in favour of it.

PastedImage-75112 The Diamond Valley Apartments in Bray. Google maps Google maps

A letter posted to the protest’s Facebook page says that the management company wrote to residents over the course of the last month saying that they were asked to remove that cats.

The letter does not state what will happen to the cats when they are removed. It adds that the cats are “currently in use as a deterrent”.

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The management company have now hired a pest control company who are due to start work today. Greystones Kitty Hostel say they are not yet aware of the name of the pest control company involved.

As well as this morning’s protest planned for 8.30am, those opposed to the plan have been tweeting their opposition using the hashtag #savethebraycats.

TheJournal.ie has requested comment from Paula Barrett Properties Ltd about the dispute.

Read: Pest control calls about cockroaches up 75% in last decade >

Read: RTÉ is making a show about pest control called The Verminators >

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    Apr 13th 2022, 12:19 PM

    My god do these people live in the same reality?

    Id love to see her singing the same song about climate nonsense if she would be on 30k a year needing to provide for her family renting out a house for 1.9k

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    Apr 13th 2022, 1:44 PM

    @John Johnes: Well said If these people had to endure the pain they are enforcing on people the situation would be very different, This Government does not give a flying F*** IF a loaf of bread is 20 euro, they have made sure it wont effect them or their family or close friends. We’re is a downward spiral again and those with the so called experience are making life worse by the day, they simple do not have the intelligence and knowledge to run a country, God help us.

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    Apr 13th 2022, 7:11 PM

    @both of ye.. ever think she is just reporting on the subject she is being paid for? It is like how ye give out about NPHET, but they were reporting on the subject they were being paid for, and government made the decisions.

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    Apr 13th 2022, 12:20 PM

    “Better balance” down the road perhaps but right now it’s a real struggle for those living in the real world.

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    Apr 13th 2022, 2:05 PM

    The whole thing is a load of sheight anyway net zero. Net zero means we may still have the same carbon output but we have offset it by having more electric cars and windmills. In other words industrial carbon can remain the same but the plebs have to drive mad expensive electric cars, cycle or walk to work and retrofit their homes mostly at their own expense. Surely even the most ardent climate activist must see through the fact that all the measures are aimed at the small sinner rather than the large industrial abuser

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    Apr 13th 2022, 12:59 PM

    Agree with the goals, but for now, more RealLife™ advices would be good.

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