In Amsterdam, if the sailors sing, the cats are disillusioned. In question, the city’s famous canals. If kitty is unfortunate enough to fall there, he often cannot get out due to the lack of grip on steep walls. Over the last six months, 19 have died, including 6 in the city center.
Judith Krom, member of the Party for the Animals in the city council, could not remain indifferent to the fate of these unfortunate clerks. So she proposed installing a safety system in the canals in the form of special stairs that allow cats to get out of the water. To find out where to put them, she suggested asking the animal ambulance service for a list of places where feline drownings are most common.
The council accepted his request last week, writes “Het Parool”. In Amersfoort, southeast of Amsterdam, it was recently decided to do the same by installing 300 stairs called wildlife exit points, because they can also rescue other animals that have fallen into the canals.
