An animal rehoming centre has submitted plans to the council for a brand new “isolation facility”.
Cats Safety’s Bredhurst Adoption department in Sittingbourne needs to assemble a building devoted to housing poorly moggies.
The one-storey unit is about to exchange an present building which was initially made for pets who’ve Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV).
It’s now used for cats with behavioural issues, those who have had main surgical procedure, or as holding pens for feral cats ready to be neutered.
The adoption centre opened in 1974 with a couple of huts and was finally rebuilt in 2016.
Not solely do they discover new properties for undesirable felines, but additionally supply skilled recommendation on behavioural points to homeowners and donate meals and litter to native meals banks.
Bredhurst presently has 55 pens and would soak up and rehome round 700 cats pre-pandemic.
The quantity dropped to 400 moggies throughout lockdown however is now slowly on the rise.
Within the plans, the charity says the present building is “reaching the end of its useful life” and provides that it’s “no longer fit for purpose and does not meet current animal welfare standards and guidelines”.
Bredhurst is the one Cats Safety Adoption Centre within the county, however not like others it doesn’t have a particular isolation facility on-site.
Because of this, animals requiring isolation need to be transported to the Nationwide Cat Adoption Centre (NCAC) at Haywards Heath in West Sussex – a journey of round 90 minutes.
The proposed building is about to be cut up into two sections and could have a air flow system in place to stop the chance of illnesses spreading.
Final yr, the department needed to near the general public for various weeks after a ringworm outbreak.
One half could have six pens for these with infectious illnesses, and the opposite will include 4 pens, plus a behavioural and feral cat run.
There can even be separate areas for meals preparation and laundry.
The charity submitted the plans to Medway Council on Friday, February 10 and is but to be authorised.
