Pets are victims of throwaway society

“My cat doesn’t match my new carpet” and “I’ve just bought a new leather sofa and I don’t want the cat to scratch it” are just some of the reasons pet owners have given for ditching their animals.

The RSPCA say the number of animals being abandoned in the UK has risen 25 percent in the past 12 months and say that pets are becoming the latest victims of throwaway society.

They warn the nine million cats in the country are particularly at risk and that the charity was forced to rescue over 3,700 of them from the streets last year.