Thanks to thoughtless cat owners there is no room at Rotorua's SPCA animal shelter this Christmas.
In the past week alone 76 cats and kittens have been offloaded on to the SPCA, leaving staff disgusted.
SPCA animal supervisor Karen Rolfe said in one day in the past week they had 40 cats and kittens handed over for re-homing, mainly from people using reasons like "it was a stray and got pregnant" and "I can't afford it any more". Since then another 30 or so have been handed over.
She isn't impressed.
"It's disgusting. It's not fair on the animals or on us. People just aren't living up to their responsibilities," she said.