Jimmy Greene meets Mr Carson, the Treasurer of the Cats Protection League. The league has just purchased a large house on Cliftonpark Avenue to become a home for cats. Mr Carson argues eloquently for the need to raise money to protect cats. There are too many stray cats who need help and the population needs controlled. A cat declined to be interviewed. 

During the 1920s, cats were not seen as the companion animals today – instead of much-loved pets, they were considered as nothing more than pests. Concern was expressed at the ignorance of many people regarding the needs of the domestic cat. In an attempt to raise the status of cats, a group of like-minded people gathered together at Caxton Hall in London. They formed the Cats Protection League.

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