Life of grime cats hoping to find lap of luxury this New Year
Posted on Wednesday, December 29 @ 17:15:14 GMT by jenvetadmin
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jenvetnurse writes "Caring homes needed for 29 neglected cats rescued from squalid conditions
Twenty-nine sweet-natured cats are looking forward to finding loving new homes in the New Year after a rescue and rehabilitate mission by Cats Protection (CP) has given them a second chance in life.
The cats were rescued from just one house in Dewsbury in October in a joint mission between Cats Protection’s Dewsbury, Wakefield and District Branch and the charity’s National Cat Centre (NCC) in Sussex. All the neglected cats were in a terrible condition, suffering from chlamydia, anaemia, eye infections and blindness. They were also riddled with fleas and worms and seriously undernourished.
The poorly felines were rushed to CP’s Cat Adoption Centre at the NCC, which provides overflow provision when regional branches take part in large multi-cat rescue operations, where they received intensive veterinary care in the Centre’s fully-equipped isolation ward
Sadly, a few of the cats have got special needs as a result of their neglect. Winnie, a lovely brown and white cat, and Windowlene and Wolverine, both Tabby and white, are totally blind and will need to find homes with a secure garden where they can’t come to any harm. There are also six other felines that are partially sighted and have only one eye each.
However, all the cats have been given a clean bill of health and are ready for a new lease of life with caring owners.
Betty Boud, Cattery Manager at the NCC, said: “Close co-operation with our Branches in situations such as this enables Cats Protection to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome more cats and give them the best chance in life. We are making sure that these lovely cats will have a much brighter future.”
Anyone interested in offering a home to any of the Dewsbury cats, or any of the other 150 cats currently in CP’s care at the NCC, can contact Cats Protection’s Cat Adoption Centre on 08707 708 650. The Cattery is open every day during the Christmas period, except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Cats can be viewed and reserved over Christmas but cannot leave until the New Year.
Each year, CP rehomes up to 60,000 cats and this latest operation really demonstrates the hard work the UK’s leading feline welfare charity does.
1 Issued by Cats Protection’s Press Office. Please contact Emma Osborne for images of the Dewsbury cats or for more information about Cats Protection. Tel: 08707 708634 E-mail: emma.osborne@cats.org.uk
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