Cats
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- Why It’s Important To Microchip Your Cat
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- Alice In Wonderland
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- Bring A Black Cat Home
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- Posh Pad For Fortunate Ferals
Four feral kittens found a stylish new home, thanks to a Cats Protection branch in the south-east of England. “It all started with a phone call asking if we would be able to acquire two outdoor cats or kittens for a house with a two-acre garden...
Cats
Yorkshire cat found safe in Suffolk
A cat from Yorkshire has been reunited with her owner after being found 170 miles away in Suffolk
Ginger tabby Kitz was discovered among a group of stray and feral cats by Alison Lardner, a volunteer for Cats Protection’s Breckland branch.
An elderly lady had been feeding the cats that passed through her Mildenhall garden. The charity was called in to help trap, neuter and return them to help control the population and prevent the spread of disease.
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| Kitz: safe and well after her journey. Photo: Judith Wakelam |
Something about Kitz’s healthy appearance and friendly manner convinced Alison that she was not a feral or long-term stray. As the cats were taken to a local vet, Alison continued to wonder about her. “Something made me ring back and ask whether they could check whether the ginger cat had a microchip,” she said.
The cat did have a microchip – showing that she was registered to an address in Leeds !
“I was so happy to hear that they’d found her,” said Kitz’s owner, dance teacher Jason Williams. “But I didn’t expect them to say Kitz was in Suffolk
Jason had never before visited Suffolk
“She’d gone missing in May,” said Jason. “We’d moved to a new area of Leeds and kept her inside for four or five months before we let her out…Then she started going for little walks and we thought that was ok. But one day, she went off and didn’t return.”
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| Jason and Kitz were reunited in Suffolk. Photo: Judith Wakelam |
Jason and his partner searched everywhere for their cat; putting up posters, phoning veterinary surgeries, pacing the neighbourhood at night while calling her name. “We still had hope that she was all right because she was microchipped.”
And Jason was correct – so in August, after getting the call about Kitz, he travelled down to Suffolk
Now back in Leeds , Kitz is doing well. “She constantly wants to go out,” said Jason. “I think she’s more used to being outside than inside now.”
Jason admitted he’d had initial reservations about getting Kitz microchipped but a friend changed his mind. He added: “I’m really glad I got her microchipped.”
- Tommy Is Reunited With His Owner Thanks To Facebook
Tabby Tommy, who had been missing for two weeks, has been reunited with his owner thanks to Cats Protection’s national Facebook page. Tommy was handed in as a stray to our Warrington Adoption Centre by a member of the public. Upon scanning the cat for...
- Why It’s Important To Microchip Your Cat
June is National Microchipping Month and the ideal opportunity to get your cat microchipped, if it isn’t already. Microchipping is the most effective way of identifying a lost pet – microchips are permanent and can’t come off like a collar. Each...
- Alice In Wonderland
This post has been written by cat lover Jill Barnes I live in Croydon and have three cats and a Westie dog. In the early evening of 27 March at around 6.30pm, our eldest cat of 12 years, a longhaired dark tabby...
- Bring A Black Cat Home
In the run-up to National Black Cat Day on Thursday 31 October 2013, we thought we’d tell you about some of the black and black-and-white cats in our care. Sadly, these beautiful cats have so far been overlooked by potential adopters; they are well...
- Posh Pad For Fortunate Ferals
Four feral kittens found a stylish new home, thanks to a Cats Protection branch in the south-east of England. “It all started with a phone call asking if we would be able to acquire two outdoor cats or kittens for a house with a two-acre garden...