The Northwest Animal Protection Association Tenerife (Apanot)based in Icod of the Wineshas been forced to decree a quarantine in the enclosure where it houses a hundred cats due to an outbreak of a feline infectious disease, which It would have already cost the lives of 15 cats and cats sheltered in the Llanito Perera facilities. This delicate situation has triggered veterinary expenses and apanot launches a public SOS to try to raise funds to help them face the large veterinary expenses and specific food that this complicated situation is causing.
By veterinary recommendation, Apanot decrees the feline quarantine, stop cat entrances, paralyzes adoptions felines and also prohibits entry and visits to feline enclosures. At the same time, the Apanot team and its volunteers carry out “an exhaustive campaign to control the health of all the felines welcomed, which has included individual examination and different diagnostic tests on all the animals.”
More than 1,000 euros of invoice
The veterinary invoice, which is limited to the cost prices for the collaboration that the protective associations receive from these animal health professionals, already amounts to more than 1,000 euros. An unforeseen expense that has forced Apanot to start an extraordinary fundraising campaign to find people willing to sponsor one of their cats for 6 euros a month; to make cash donations at the Iris Veterinary Center, in the municipality of The lagoonor to donate some financial amount through Bizum (at 636 735 156), with the concept “Sponsor a cat”, or bank transfers to the entity’s account (IBAN ES06 2100 6733 8722 0016 9740). So far, Apanot has managed to capture 47 new godfathers and godmothers in just 24 hours. To obtain the 1,000 euros already invested, it would be necessary to attract at least 120 more collaborators.
Apanot, who has been working with abandoned dogs and cats for more than 20 years, encourages animal lovers to “sponsor a cat at least this month so they can get ahead. In a symbolic way, they can donate 6 euros so that we can buy them the medication and food that we need to regain their strength.
Despite all the efforts made in the last two weeks, some cats and cats continue to die every day in Apanot due to this outbreak. Only today three new casualties were recorded. “We are doing everything possible so that not one more falls”, stand out from Apanot, a non-profit entity that is still waiting for “the results of the tests that determine the exact cause of these deaths.” Despite the fact that all the animals have been tested for diagnosis, it is hoped that the tests carried out on the deceased cats can clarify soon what disease is causing so many deaths.
