Red Alert! PETA Calls on Powys Residents to Keep Cats Indoors

15 May 2025

Red Alert! PETA Calls on Powys Residents to Keep Cats Indoors

Newton, Powys – Following reports that around 10 cats have gone missing from the Garth Owen area of Newtown in the past year, with many disappearances occurring in recent months, PETA is responding with a red alert, calling on all residents in the area to keep cats indoors. Ringo, who went missing last October, was reunited with his guardian several months after being found more than 30 miles from his home, while two cats named Snuggles and Nyla are still missing. Powys Animal Welfare charity confirmed that another missing cat was found dead.

In addition to risking being abducted, cats who are allowed to roam outdoors are in danger of sustaining injuries – either by accident or by the cruel and deliberate actions of callous people – or ingesting poison, contracting fatal diseases, becoming lost, and facing many other hazards.

“These disappearances are a reminder that it’s never safe to let our animal companions roam outdoors unattended, even for ‘just a minute, ’” says PETA Vice President of Programs Elisa Allen. “Cats count on us to protect them, and the best way to do that is by keeping them safe indoors.”

PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits, and notes that the best way to maintain cats’ health and safety is to keep them inside with plenty of toys and catnip, a clean litter tray, and an easily accessible cat scratcher. For more information on how to keep cats happy indoors, please visit PETA.org.uk or follow PETA on Facebook, X, TikTok, or Instagram.

Contact:

Lucy Watson +44 (0) 20 7837 6327; [email protected]

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