Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta Mayor Gale Katchur is facing well-deserved backlash for reminiscing about “the old days” of killing cats by putting them into bags and drowning them in a river or gassing them with a vehicle’s exhaust pipe.

Horrifying comments like these are why PETA’s “Here Kitty, Kitty” campaign—featuring It star Jaeden Martell—is so crucial. As revealed in the campaign’s harrowing video series, violent crimes against cats who are homeless or left to roam outdoors without supervision occur every day.

Cats who roam outside unsupervised have been poisoned, shot, set on fire, drowned, and bludgeoned to death by cruel humans. “Here Kitty, Kitty” depicts just four examples of real-life cat killings. PETA receives emergency calls about incidents of cruelty to roaming cats nearly every day.

Our campaign urges everyone to keep cats where they belong: safe inside.

Everyone can help keep cats safe by keeping them indoors—and animal shelters can do their part by always taking in cats in need.” —PETA Senior Vice President Lisa Lange

Additionally, animals’ guardians can help curb the homeless-animal overpopulation crisis—which contributes to the abandonment of even more cats on the streets—by always having their animal companions spayed or neutered.

All Cats Deserve Protection

Cats’ guardians can keep them happy indoors by providing enrichment such as toys, climbing structures, scratching posts, cat TV, and other physically and mentally stimulating activities. Check out PETA’s catio-building guide and PETA President Ingrid Newkirk’s “cat guardian’s bible” that’s chock-full of helpful tips.

Want to Help Cats?

Watch our “Here Kitty, Kitty” video series and pledge never to leave your animal companions outside unsupervised:

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