. About
Cats Protection
. Cats
Protection is the UK's leading feline welfare charity
and has been rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming cats since
1927. Our
nationwide network of 29 Cat Adoption Centres and 260 voluntary-run
Branches rehomes 60,000 cats and kittens every year. But we
could not do any of this without the generous support of the cat
loving public.
Our
Branch
. The
Wellingborough and Rushden branch rehomed over 260 cats and kittens
last year. Our
dedicated unpaid volunteers give up their spare time to assist cats
and kittens in need. From
assisting feral cats to raising orphaned kittens we provide help
wherever we can. Sometimes our assistance is a lifeline for the cats
and kittens which come into our care.
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and join us on Facebook Click
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Charity
No - 203644
Cats Protection Cares
Cats
Protection never puts a cat to sleep just because it
will take a long
time to rehome, we will care for the cat until the right home
can be
found.
We have homed cats with epilepsy and thyroid conditions, cats
that are considered over the hill at 16+ and even a couple of disabled
cats.
We are proud to say that we don't just give up on a cat,
because it is scared of its own shadow on arrival, instead
we spend
time helping it overcome its fears.
We have been very successful in
this area.
We
care about all cats
THE PLACES WE COVER . Bozeat, Bythorn, Caldecott,
Chelveston, Covington, Denford,
Earls
Barton, Easton Maudit,
Farndish, Finedon,
Great Addington,
Great
Doddington,
Great Harrowden,
Grendon, Hannington,
Hardwick, Hargrave,
Higham Ferrers, Hinwick,
Holcot, Irchester,
Irthlingborough, Islip,
Keyston, Knotting,
Knotting Green,
Little Addington,
Little Harrowden,
Lower Dean,
Mears Ashby,
Newton Bromswold,
Pertenhall, Poddington,
Raunds, Ringstead,
Rushden, Shelton,
Souldrop, Stanwick, Strixton,
Swineshead, Thrapston,
Upper Dean, Walgrave, Wellingborough, Wilby,
Wollaston, Woodford,
Wymington, Yeldon
Calling
all Farms, stables and rural homes.
Need a
good Mouser?
We
sometimes come across out-of-work mousers. These
poor unfortunate creatures have never had a proper home or have been
away so long they've forgotten what it was like to have had one. All
they need is regular food and a dry sheltered place to spend the night.
For
further information please get in touch.
Furry Tails . A Homeless Family In Corby . At
the beginning of this year we received a call from a concerned member
of the public in Corby. A neighbour's house had recently caught fire
and the old gentleman that once lived there had to go into care. As a
result of this his young cat was left shut outside of the locked
property, with nowhere to go. The weather had turned bitterly cold and
snow was on the ground. The neighbours, took pity on this poor
cat's predicament and started putting out food for her. Soon after this
she was seen by the neighbours to be in the presence of four young
kittens. Although Corby is well outside of our area, we simply
couldn't refuse these four young kittens and their poor mum the chance
of a better life. . Saffron
Cinnamon
Around a third of our work last year consisted of trapping and rescuing
cats and kittens from the Corby area. The financial pressure that this
extra workload placed upon our branch very nearly took us under. At the
start of 2010 we can see that this situation is likely to occur again,
and all because, as far as the cats and kittens are concerned, nothing
in Corby is changing. We have already rescued 6 cats and kittens this
year, as well as provided help with neutering for two other cats, in
the Corby area and we're still only at the beginning of February. .
It took a lot of travelling back and forth to Corby and a lot of
standing around in the cold to eventually trap Anise and her four young
kittens. Now they are safely in our care and on the road to a better
life. Some would tell us that we need to make some hard decisions and
turn our backs on cats and kittens like these but we simply don't have
the heart to do so. We would rather quit altogether than leave young
homeless kittens out in the cold and the snow. .
Clove
Chilli .
We are appealing for volunteers in the Corby area to help us with our
out-of-area workload. Duties would include assisting with trapping
work, and making vet runs. Informal training and advice will be freely available. Please get in touch. Telephone: 0845 371 4209 or email: wellrushcats@hotmail.com .
We would also like to appeal to the cat loving public to please give
generously this year to Wellingborough & Rushden Cats Protection to
help us deal with the extra workload we face once again. . THANK YOU. . . Anise reunited with her kittens . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . New Winter Meowsletter 12 Out Now Click here to view
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fundraising With Buy At . Thank you to everybody who used our Buy At link last year to do their online Christmas shopping. We managed to raise a total of £45 from our supporters using Buy At over the festive period. . . Please remember that Buy At is there for you to use all year round. There are many big name stores available with Buy At such as Amazon, M&S, Next, and many more. It
costs you nothing extra, you don't need to register or fill out any
forms, just go to your regular online shopping websites via the Buy At link on the left hand side of our page and start shopping!
Thank You For Your Support . . All of our work is funded by the generosity of the cat loving public. Without
your support we wouldn't be able to help them at all. We'd like to be
able to thank everyone personally for their donations but it isn't
always possible. So, to all of you who give and have given so
generously, on behalf of all the cats and kittens whose lives have been
saved and improved immeasurably, we'd like to say a big THANK YOU. . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wellrushcats Prize Fund
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Join the Wellrushcats Prize Club - This is a fundraising activity that
enables Cats Protection members, supporters, family and friends to help
raise funds for the branch whilst participating in two prize
draws per year, one mid-summer and one at Christmas (2010). Members
pay just £5.00 per go and you can have as many goes as you like.
Half of this money goes into branch funds whilst the other half
is used as prize money.
The amount of money in the prize draw
depends upon the number of people participating, and as membership
increases the prize money also increases along with it.
We will keep you updated as to the prize amounts as they grow.
Come on it's only £5.00, just complete the form below and let us know
how you wish to pay and we'll do the rest.
It's easy to make a payment by Paypal, just click on the link below
(Please be aware that you do not need to have a paypal account to use
this service.)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . Trapped! . . This poor chap spent his Christmas trapped in somebody's garage. He
was discovered shortly after New Year's Eve and must have been stuck in there
without food, warmth or water since sometime before Christmas. . He
was in a very serious condition when found, but after spending a few nights at the vets he has improved somewhat. Now he is in our care and we're hoping that he will go on to make a full recovery. . Epizon (as we have named him) was found in the High Street area of Gretton. If anyone can help us identify this cat - please get in touch. . Telephone: 0845 371 4209 or email: wellrushcats@hotmail.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . Timid Cats
& Kittens . Handel
and Mandolin
Our
branch of Cats Protection does a great deal of work with feral (wild)
cats. Many of these feral cats are too old and set in their ways to be
able to adapt to living with people and have to be released back where
they came from or found somewhere new to live like a stable, shed or
barn. We are always on the look out for people with stables, sheds or
outbuildings who would consider caring for these feral cats and can
offer plenty of advice and support to help them settle in their new
territories.
Peebles and Haydn
The
feral kittens and the young feral cats who are still young enough to
learn to live with people, as well as the occasional adult cat that
shows promise, we work carefully with and bring them around to the
point where they are ready to be rehomed. It
is very rewarding work to be able to take kittens and cats from the
wild and help them to be able to enjoy a better quality of life. There
is no doubt that cats in domestic environments tend to lead healthier
and longer lives than their wild counterparts. It
isn't easy work taming feral kittens and cats though, and the older
they get the harder it becomes. Some of these ex-ferals will still
retain a streak of wildness to them and this can sometimes manifest
itself as timidity. Such cats are still suitable for homing but need
quiet homes and patient, understanding owners that are prepared to work
a little bit extra towards building a good relationship with them.
Wagner and Bass (Adopted)
Most
of the home offers we receive are from people who are only interested
in the cutest friendliest kittens and sadly the more timid ones who
haven't had the easiest start in life are mostly overlooked.
An
ex-feral will not make friends with people easily, yet when they do
they are capable of forming the strongest attachments of all, usually
to one or just a few people. In our experience of working with all
kinds of cats we are particularly fond of the ex-ferals, as we find
that their wild streak often makes them the most interesting characters
of all.
Nog
(Adopted) and Bongo
We
are always in need of homes for these extra special cats. If you are a
patient and understanding cat lover and have a quiet home that you feel
might be suitable for one of our ex-ferals, please get in touch.
Cello, Flute (Adopted) and Falsetto (Adopted)
Pictured around this article are
some of our special timid cats available for rehoming.
All of those pictured are to be homed as pets.
Update 8th December
Erma (Adopted) and Muddy (Adopted)
We
have rehomed many of our timid ex-ferals this year (and there are
plenty more where they came from!). Erma and Muddy are reported to be
coming round nicely in their new home and Mezzo's new owner thinks she
is super.
There are many more timid ex-ferals that we have
succesfully rehomed and still more waiting in the wings, slowly being
socialized by our team of fosterers, bringing them to the point where
they are ready for a good loving home.
Mezzo
(Adopted) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cat
Collar Danger! - - We have seen a
number of cases over the years of cats falling victim to ordinary cat
collars. If a cat gets caught by their collar upon a tree branch the
consequences can be fatal. These collars can also slip over one or both
front legs causing terrible injuries that worsen over time. We have
managed to save a number of cats that have suffered as a result of
ordinary buckle type collars but sometimes the injuries have been so
bad that the victims did not survive.
If you're going to
put a collar on your cat please make sure it is one of the safety
release collars. Ordinary cat collars can be lethal and cause untold
suffering for the unlucky ones that get caught up in them. Please tell
all your cat owning friends that ordinary cat collars are simply not
safe.
Safety release collars are
available from our ONLINE
SHOP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Patience
Please
Wellingborough
and Rushden Cats Protection is entirely composed of volunteers working
from our own homes. We have no rescue centre and we receive no payment
for the work we do, only the satisfaction of knowing that we have
helped a great many cats and kittens in need.
Although our branch is
quite large with a good team of dedicated volunteers, sadly the work we
do is never enough. There are always going to be cats that we can't
help simply because we run out places to put them. During kitten season
we routinely run up a long waiting list of cats needing to be brought
into our care.
All too often our team of phone operators are met
with angry responses from callers whenever we have to tell them that we
are unable to bring a cat into our care. We wish we could help out in
every case but when our pen spaces are full there simply isn't anything
we can do.
We are unpaid volunteers, giving our time and energy
towards helping as many cats and kittens as we possibly can, and when
we can't help a cat in need it is simply because we are unable and not
because we are unwilling to help.
Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Calling all Fundraisers
Can you help support out
fundraising team, we are currently very short of funds, we
desperately need people to help.
If you can spare a little time, please contact us.
Please
Help! Without
you we cannot continue to help little ones like this!
Here
are some pictures of our cats and kittens.
These
were once in our care and are now settled in their
new homes.
If
you have had a cat or kitten from our branch and
would like to update us on their progress,
please
feel free to send us a photo and your comments.
If
we have a picture of your cat we will endeavour to display it
alongside our own.
Thank
you.
WARNING
FLEAS
CAN KILL!!!
It
would be a grave mistake to think of the flea as simply a
nuisance. A
heavy flea burden can be lethal, especially to young kittens, ill,
convalescing, or frail elderly cats.
Most
pet owners have no idea that
fleas can kill.
Heavy
infestations will cause the animal to become anaemic which left
untreated can be FATAL. Please
seek veterinary assistance or ring our helpline for advice
regarding the treatment of fleas
