If people send polite emails now to Ken Livingstone, Mayor Of London -
mayor@london.gov.uk - something can be done about this disgusting situation:
Urge the Olympic Delivery Authority to Allow Rescue of Feral Cats From Deadly Demolition Area.
Hundreds of feral cats living at the site of the future Olympic Park in London - where demolition is already underway - are in danger of starving as their food sources have been eliminated, being crushed by heavy machinery or being buried under rubble when the buildings they live in are demolished.
Mother cats and kittens are especially vulnerable, as mother cats are extremely protective of their young and will remain with their kittens in the most dangerous areas rather than abandon their babies. Since most feral cats flee and hide when humans approach, it's virtually impossible to ensure that buildings are clear of cats before demolition begins.
The Celia Hammond Animal Trust (CHAT) is an animal rescue group that has already rescued 157 cats and kittens. Inexplicably, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is barring CHAT from accessing the site to trap and safely remove the remaining cats - even though the trappers have all the relevant construction safety qualifications to allow them to operate on the site and are only requesting permission to access the road outside the site to set up feeding stations and traps. Preventing these cats from being rescued is essentially a death sentence for these animals.
Please write to, e-mail or call the ODA and ask them to allow the CHAT adequate time to rescue these cats, including time to set up feeding stations to acclimate the cats to being fed in certain areas as a prelude to trapping. As well as time to monitor nursing cats in order to locate and remove litters of kittens hidden in dangerous areas.
Please send polite comments to:
London 2012
1 Churchill Place
Canary Wharf
London E14 5LN
0203 2012 000
Or email via this page -
http://www.london2012.com/contact-us.php
Also there is a petition
here