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The Saskatoon Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is asking the public to open up their homes — and their hearts — as the organization is at capacity for cats and kittens.

With 130 cats currently in shelter and nearly 50 more kittens in foster homes, the SPCA is hosting an adoption drive, called “CATada 150,” where kittens will be available for adoption at a reduced rate — $150 as opposed to $190 — with cats over six months old available for adoption by donation.

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The organization’s executive director, Patricia Cameron, said her staff have been kept “extremely busy” due to the high numbers.

“There’s a lot of care that needs to go into having 130 cats in the shelter,” she said, noting the event hopes to draw on the compassionate characteristics of Canadians.

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Cameron said the SPCA has been dealing with a growing number of felines, which can reproduce at the same rate as rabbits, in recent years. Between 2015 and 2016 the number of cats taken in by the shelter jumped by 20 per cent and the number of kittens went up 49 per cent.