Animal welfare officers and volunteers were outraged this week when Macina Development Company LTD ordered a non-governmental organisation to vacate its premises of five years by next week.

The organisation - CSAF, which looks after abandoned and ill cats, now has until January 16 to get out of the building.

It said in a statement that it consulted vets and the government’s animal welfare officers, who were alarmed by the plan.

CSAF coordinator Anna Abela said the organisation had not been given reasonable timeframe to move safely.

“We appeal to the consortium to honour our rights as an NGO and to recognise our role in maintaining public health and animal welfare in Senglea.

“We need so little to keep the cats safe, so to us it seems cruel and hasty to kick out these helpless pets without engaging with us in civil dialogue.”

The NGO is now appealing for urgent public support to find a small, safe area to re-house the cats.

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