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Port of Newcastle’s Stockton breakwall cat cull sparks fury after animals maimed
Animal rights activists are furious and an MP is calling for a cruelty probe after some cats living on Newcastle’s Stockton breakwall were blinded and maimed in a failed cull attempt.
Key points:
- The Port of Newcastle says it commissioned the cull to mitigate the growing risk the animals posed
- An Animal Justice Party MP has slammed the port’s involvement in the “horrendous bloodbath”
- The Stray Cat Project says it has not been able to account for all of the cats in the population
The Stray Cats Project took to social media on Friday after the discovery of trails of blood and injured cats along the breakwall.
“We had one cat extremely injured that was rushed to the vet,” Rochelle Wood said in a post.
“Lily is hanging in there, she had been shot…
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