Help Rescue Cats in the U.K. 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 when their food sources are 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.

Inexplicably, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is barring the Celia Hammond Animal Trust (CHAT), an animal rescue group, from accessing the site to trap and safely remove the 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 for the CHAT to be given 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:

Olympic Delivery Authority
London 2012
1 Churchill Pl.
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5LN
England

Click here to send an e-mail via the ODA's Web site.