Please read this story quietly if you have a cat or dog in the house… it’s National Desexing Month, and these little cuties pictured above are about to find out. But maybe the look on their faces says they already know…
Meet (from left) Cisco, Marty and Tyler, who are 11-week-old Persian cats owned by Joyce Pappas, an award-winning breeder of Encounter Bay. And please don’t tell Mumma cat Fluffykins that Cisco is heading off to Brisbane to his new owner, while Marty is going to Canberra and Tyler to Adelaide.
Such is the life of a pure bred feline from a breeder, and it’s a great one because the owners know they are healthy and sane having not come from horrendous litter factories and sold in unscrupulous pet shops.
Obviously, Joyce, of Lael Persians, fully supports National Desexing Month, an initiative from the National Desexing Network, the brainchild of Animal Welfare League Queensland. Now in its twelfth year, it asks veterinarians around the country to sign up on the NDN website and offer discounted cat and dog desexing options within their communities.
Joyce has bred Persians for 10 years and is a member of the Cat Fanciers Society SA, probably named because you’ve just got to fancy a kitten like one of our fluffy friends pictured.
“It’s hard giving them up, but you feel good when you realise they’re going to a good home to be spoiled,” Joyce said. “Persians are beautiful cats… they have an outstanding personality and they are a pleasure to own.”
Joyce and her daughter, Jacqui Lawson, have been breeding Persians for 10 years: visit: ilangapersians.com
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