Woman Devotes Time Steralizing Wild Cats

Kiwi Angie Schlaepfer, wife of a diplomat, is devoted to improving the welfare of wild cats. She plans to sterilize as many cats as she can to save them and their kittens from a being hungry and ill or even suffering an early and grisly death.

She started her work on her own street when she and husband Peter Fa'Afiu paid for a cat to be sterilised after Ms Schlaepfer had watched the cat give birth to kittens that had all died. "One kitten's eyes turned to mush, the next one started having seizures." After the operation, the cat became healthy and the pair continued down their street, desexing 35 to 40 cats.

* The Jakarta Street Cat Foundation's aim is to sterilise as many cats as possible.
* Once sterilised, vaccinated, dewormed and defleaed, the cats are released back on to the streets.
* The work has spread by word of mouth and the foundation is now approached with projects.
* For more information, contact info@jakartastreetcat.com.