'The Cost of living has affected people too, but if you really cannot afford the cats then you should try and seek a rescue before just abandoning it somewhere. It is cruel to just leave them at the side of the road.'
For the past eight years a Lisburn woman has been travelling all over Northern Ireland rescuing sick, injured and abandoned cats in order to give them another chance in life.
"Around eight years ago my friend Laura and I started Rescue Cats NI and fostered cats from our homes. Laura has since stepped back to start her own family and I kept going and the rescue has just got bigger and bigger and I am now taking in sick, injured and abandoned cats from across Northern Ireland."
Harry's Haven has been set up like a living room in order to help the cats get used to being in a home environment.She continued: "It can be very hectic from day to day here at the Rescue because we are always getting messages through our Facebook page from people worried about certain cats and I am very grateful to Melissa who runs this for us.
"Of course with any cat that we bring back we try to find out whether or not there is an owner and I have my own scanners here to see if there is a microchip. "Last year this continued but people are not getting the same money as they were before and we are finding a lot of cats that have been abandoned, taped up in boxes and left at the side of the road.
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