Overview

• NRW shelters logged a single day with six surrendered cats and one stray, and repeatedly discovered rabbits dumped in cardboard boxes without food or water
• Staff in North Rhine-Westphalia have discarded unhygienic donations such as soiled litter boxes to prevent infection risks
• Cologne-Dellbrück intake included eleven cats suffering from severe ataxia, fleas and blood disorders as teams await parvovirus test results
• Berlin’s main shelter admitted multiple injured cats from across the city requiring examinations, surgeries and blood transfusions at high veterinary expense
• Overloaded facilities are issuing urgent appeals for financial donations, volunteer support and foster home placements to sustain care