'Cat hotel' to be sued for alleged negligence

A Durban woman plans to sue a plush Ballito ‘cat hotel’ for negligence after one of her beloved pets had to be rescued by an animal organisation while she was overseas, according to a Sunday Times report. Narissa Ramdhani, CEO of the Ifa Lethu Foundation and honorary consul general for Chile, says her cat José had to have emergency treatment after being found in a critical condition by an animal activist she had commissioned to check on her four cats at the facility. Her other three cats, one of which she says lost 3kg while in the care of the cattery Paws for Thought, were removed shortly afterwards by Feeding the Furballs head Farrah Khan Maharajh. Paws for Thought apologised to Ramdhani, saying the incident was ‘most unfortunate and we have taken full responsibility’. It also offered to pay the vet bills. But this was not enough for Ramdhani, who accused the cat hotel of ‘animal abuse’. ‘I have been consulting my lawyers in order to start civil action. It was the first time I put them in a cattery since I adopted them three years ago and look what happened. It’s shocking,’ she is quoted as saying.

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