Tag: Cats Protection

Letters: People’s Postcode Lottery players raise £2.2m for cats

Dear Editor,

I would like to thank players of People’s Postcode Lottery, who have raised over £2.2 million for Cats Protection to date.

This has helped us find loving new homes for more cats throughout England, Scotland and Wales by funding essential Cat Care Assistant and Volunteer Team Leaders roles.

Players will be further supporting our homing work in 2020 by funding two behaviour posts, which provide advice and support to our branches and centres, and providing 10,000 microchips, helping to ensure that every cat leaves our care with a safe and permanent means of identification.

We were also delighted to be included in the recent TV advert announcing that People’s Postcode Lottery players have now raised over £500 million for charities and good causes, which starred two kittens from one of our centres.

I’m happy to report that both kittens have since found loving homes and have settled in well with their new families.

Anyone wishing to adopt a cat or support Cats Protection can find out more at www.cats.org.uk

Kind regards,

Mark Beazley, Cats Protection’s Director of Operations

Cats Protection welcomes Mairi Gougeon

The Scottish Government Minister responsible for animal welfare has paid a visit to Cats Protection’s Glasgow Adoption Centre to see first-hand how the charity helps cats in Scotland.

Mairi Gougeon, Minister for Rural Affairs and Natural Environment, met staff and volunteers at the centre in Auchinlech on Thursday. Continue reading Cats Protection welcomes Mairi Gougeon

Letters: Paws To Listen

Dear Editor

A pet cat can be the centre of home life, being a constant presence in their owner’s lives for many years. It’s therefore understandable that the death of a cat can come as a shock, and many owners can find it difficult to come to terms with their loss.

Grieving for a cat may become more difficult as the death of a pet is not always seen as a significant loss, leading some people to hide their feelings. This means many people avoid talking about how grief has affected them, which can cause them to feel very alone.

Ahead of Grief Awareness Day (30 August), Cats Protection is highlighting its free and confidential Paws to Listen support service, so people facing the loss of a cat do not have to feel alone.

The service is run by trained volunteers who offer emotional support in coping with the loss of a cat. The service also includes a range of resources and information on its website, including understanding euthanasia and how to help children deal with the death of a cat.

The service is available between 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays.  Anyone wishing to use the service can call 0800 024 9494 and a call back service is available if lines are busy. Alternatively, an email service is available by emailing pawstolisten@cats.org.uk

For more information, please visit www.cats.org.uk/grief

Catherine Joyce, Paws to Listen Team Leader

Cats Protection, National Cat Centre, Lewes Road, Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath RH17 7TT

Letters: Cats Protection repeats call for compulsory microchipping

Dear Editor

As the UK’s largest cat charity, Cats Protection has been marking National Microchipping Month this June by renewing our calls for compulsory microchipping of owned cats.

Cats and dogs are both much-loved pets by owners across the UK. Yet currently, microchipping is only compulsory for dogs, and we believe this should also apply to cats, so they have the same level of protection.

Microchipping is a safe, permanent and cost-effective method of identification which ensures cats can be reunited with their owner should they go missing and that lost cats are not mistaken as strays by rehoming charities.

It also ensures owners can be notified if their cat has been injured or killed in a road accident.  Cats Protection encourages local councils to scan any cats they collect that have died in road accidents for a microchip so their owners can be informed. 

Cats Protection will continue campaigning on this important issue, and readers can keep updated by visiting: www.cats.org.uk/microchips-reunite

Yours faithfully,

Jacqui Cuff

Head of Advocacy & Government Relations, Cats Protection