Cats Protection, Preston Branch

 

Cats Protection, Preston Branch - SPONSOR CATS

We occasionally have cats in care that are unlikely ever to be re-homed, either due to illness, disability or age. We run a sponsorship scheme for these cats, which is co-ordinated by our Cat Welfare Officer. Wherever we can, we find a home for the cats that come into our care, and we try to keep the number of sponsor cats as low as possible, particularly since most of the fosterers who are willing to take on the special problems of a sponsor cat tend to have one or more 'difficult' cats of their own. Still, now and again we take in a cat that has more problems than most, and if a home is not found, we eventually seem to find a special volunteer to take the cat into their home. The Branch pays for food, litter, and veterinary bills.

The presence of a cat on the sponsorship list does not mean that we won't rehome it if the right owner comes along. One of our long term sponsor cats, Prancer, an epileptic boy, was rehomed to a wonderful lady who already had an epileptic cat and was willing to apply her expertise to Prancer. She has succeeded in slowly weaning him off his medicine, and he is now a very happy and much loved pet.

We also have a pen sponsorship scheme, where sponsors promise a certain sum per month or per year towards the care of cats in a specific pen. Sponsors get news of the cats that have been in the pen. For a more substantial donation, a pen can be named in memory or in honour of a person or a cat. Contact the Cat Welfare Officer for more details.

Here is the list of cats available for sponsorship.

Tilly is a tortoiseshell, she has a long term health problem and is on a special diet. Nobody seemed willing to give her a home, so she is on our sponsorship list now, and has moved into her fosterer's home. She is a very strong minded little cat, and has made herself very much at home. Her medical bills and food bills are quite high, and we would be glad of the sponsorship.

Sophie

It is with sadness that we bring you the news that Sophie, a long term sponsor cat, was put to sleep last month. She was about sixteen years old, and had become very ill. She will be greatly missed.

 

We have a pen sponsorship scheme to help cover the costs of caring for other cats. For more details, please contact the Cat Welfare Officer.



Most recent revision 15th March 2008

 
 
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