Climate change is having another alarming effect - too many unwanted moggies.
Cat breeding cycles are lengthening and could prove hairy for the RSPCA this summer as they coincide with the already busy festive season.
Animal refuge centres have reported a spike in kitten numbers in recent years with centres inundated state-wide.
RSPCA Queensland spokesman Michael Beatty told AAP that cat breeding cycles now stretch from October through to May.
“Particularly around January we can get up to 300 to 400 kittens a week," Mr Beatty said.
The lengthened breeding cycles have been blamed on the effects of climate change creating ideal breeding conditions for longer.
As cats favour a warm spring or summer climate, the shorter winters have seen numbers soar.
A study by the British Ecological Society recently found that cows were also giving birth far earlier than traditional summer periods. Read the full report here.
Source: news.com.au.
