04/10/2026
❤️BEAUTIFUL SCARLET NEEDS A HOME
BUT PLEASE READ HER STORY ❤️
Beautiful Scarlet who is 1-2, would absolutely love a home where she can have lots of attention. She’s friendly, confident, affectionate and very ready to be someone’s much-loved girl.
But Scarlet is yet another mum who has found herself stray and homeless after her kittens were taken and sold.
And we need to talk about this.
People are still buying kittens from breeders, Gumtree, selling sites and “friends” who have decided that producing a litter is an easy way to make some money.
But have you ever stopped to think about what happens afterwards?
What happens to mum once her kittens have made someone their money?
What happens to the kittens who aren’t considered cute, fluffy or colourful enough to sell?
What happens to the kitten who becomes poorly before collection, needs expensive veterinary treatment or suddenly isn’t profitable anymore?
Rescues and vets see what happens.
We see the dumped mums.
We see the unwanted kittens.
We see kittens arriving with infections, parasites, congenital problems, deformities, deafness, eye issues and many other serious health issues. We then have to find the money for veterinary treatment, sometimes running into huge amounts to give them the chance they should have had from the beginning.
And we see animals sold to whoever hands over the money, with no meaningful home checks and sometimes seemingly very little concern about where that animal will spend the rest of its life.
Please stop funding this cycle.
If you are concerned that someone is breeding and selling animals commercially without the appropriate licence, report your concerns to their local council.
If you genuinely believe someone is earning taxable income from selling animals and failing to declare it, concerns about suspected tax evasion can be reported to HMRC.
If you have concerns about animal cruelty, neglect or suffering, report them to the RSPCA in England and Wales, or the appropriate animal-welfare organisation where you live. If an animal is in immediate danger, contact the police.
And please learn about Lucy’s Law. In England, commercial third-party sales of puppies and kittens under six months old are banned. The law was introduced to tackle the suffering associated with animals being bred for profit and sold through dealers rather than directly by the breeder.
Before buying a kitten online, ask yourself why rescues are overflowing with kittens and young cats, including some desperately ill ones while people continue deliberately producing more to sell.
And ask the question nobody likes to think about:
What happens to the ones nobody buys or the parents after they are used?
Scarlet deserved better.
Every mum left behind deserved better.
Every sick or unwanted kitten deserved better.
Please adopt from a reputable rescue instead of helping to keep this cycle going. And if you witness genuine cruelty, illegal selling or suspected tax evasion, report it through the proper channels.
Now, after being used and discarded, Scarlet is waiting for something money can’t buy…
A family who will love her for the rest of her life.
Please share for Scarlet — and for all the mums and kittens whose stories never get told.
