Yoko the kitten is undeniably cute, but there are too many kittens like her in need of homes, says Karma Andrews, a trustee of the Stratford Companion Animal Assistance Trust.
Since 2012 the trust has run a cat desexing programme in the Stratford District, offering eligible cat owners access to a substantial discount on the cost of having their pet cat desexed.
"This has only been possible through ongoing fundraising and donations," says Karma.
In the past seven years, the programme has helped fund the desexing of 450 cats, and Karma says the scheme is now being extended to residents of the South Taranaki District.
"Recently we received a couple of donations from South Taranaki supporters and knowing the same problems occur in that district re unwanted kittens and an overpopulation of cats, we decided it was fitting that these donations be spent in the South Taranaki area."