abandoned cats tied up in a box

It is time for government to fund animal rescues and get legislation in place to deal with cruelty and abandonment cases. We also need a huge amount of Public Education and PR about abandoning pets, and the importance of spay and neuter. The problem, is not with cats - the probelm is with people who allow cats to breed.
My favorite bumper sticker I've seen in a while: Don't litter, fix your critter

This article was recently in the Herald:

The faces of abandonment
Ditched kitties just tip of the icebergBy BRIAN MEDEL Yarmouth BureauSat. Aug 8 - 4:46 AM
These kittens were tied up in a cardboard box and tossed into a water-filled Digby County ditch.These kittens were tied up in a cardboard box and tossed into a water-filled Digby County ditch
This cardboard box held an adult cat and her young kittens. (Brian Medel / Yarmouth Bureau
DIGBY — It’s been one week since someone stuffed a mother cat and her kittens into a cardboard box, tied it shut with black twine and then tossed the box into a ditch filled with water.The animals are alive, but the director of a local animal shelter is fuming.Dorothy Andrews said that she saw two kittens and an adult cat sitting by a soggy cardboard box as she was driving home from the TLC Animal Shelter at about 6 p.m. on Aug. 1.The cat had somehow scratched and poked her way through the wet box as it lay partially submerged, less than two kilometres from the animal shelter.Ms. Andrews said the cat had likely pulled her kittens out of the box, which had been tied shut like a Christmas gift.Ms. Andrews went back to the shelter for a live trap and some cat food. When she returned to the scene, she heard another kitten crying a few hundred metres away. This cat was larger and obviously from a different litter. It too had been thrown away.On Wednesday, another kitten was found near the trap, barely able to move."It must have been hiding under the brush," Ms. Andrews said Friday.The mother hasn’t been caught yet, and no wonder, said Ms. Andrews. The animal is traumatized, she said."I’ve seen the mom there looking for her babies," said Ms. Andrews. "I set a bigger trap there but I can’t seem to catch her."Sadly this episode is not unique.At the end of each month when people move, cats and dogs are often left inside the former residence or tied outside. Sometimes they’re simply left to wander.People routinely drop cats at the shelter during the night, sometimes in boxes and sometimes loose, said Ms. Andrews."A neighbour will call and say, ‘My neighbour moved out west and is not coming back and they left their dog," said Ms. Andrews."These are adults . . . and the children are seeing this."The TLC Animal Shelter is a "no kill" shelter, and it’s bursting with cats and dogs.All animals that pass through the shelter are spayed or neutered before being released for adoption. The shelter relies solely on donations and all who work there volunteer their time.The shelter needs supplies, especially cat food."We so over-supplied with cats," said Ms. Andrews.It’s important to stress to pet owners that they are responsible for finding homes for pets they can no longer keep, she said.( bmedel@herald.ca)