Tag Archive: Cats Protection

Nov
05

Spotlight on…Four Paws Animal Rescue (South Wales)

One of the many dogs up for adoption - copyright Four Paws Animal Rescue (SW)

The charity Four Paws Animal Rescue (South Wales) was founded by Kirsty Thomas in 2004 and officially registered in 2006. During her training as a vet nurse Kirsty noticed that many healthy animals were being needlessly euthanized in local pounds. Initially she tried to find homes for these animals with friends and family, but soon realised there were too many animals in need. She gave up her training to dedicate herself full-time to saving animals. Four Paws mainly rescues and re-homes dogs and due to the recession the number of dogs in need is steadily growing. I talked to Adoption Co-ordinator Seran Davies about the charity’s rescue work.

Nov
29

Cats and Snow

It’s snowing and the country is in panic mode. I really don’t get it. It snows every winter – so by now everyone should be kind of – well prepared. In Germany when it snows and you want to use your car by law you have to have winter tyres. Anyway the news is full of snow features, but what about our furry friends – in my case – our cat?

Jan
14

Please adopt a cat if you want to live with one..

Today I received a worrying press release from Cats Protection about the decline in cat adoptions due to the recession. According to the release 16 out of their 24 adoption centres have noticed a decline, which means a lot of furry friends are in desperate need of a loving home. The adoption centre in Wrexham …

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Feb
12

Bobby

© Helen White 2005

The first two weeks with Harry and Bobby were quite stressful. I was worried about Paul’s allergy and he and Harry just didn’t see eye-to-eye. When we met both cats for the first time Harry couldn’t care less while Bobby, who was a skinny flea infested thing with an eye infection, instantly charmed her way …

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Feb
12

How I started to love cats

As you might have noticed from my photos  – I am quite fond of our cat Bobby. And you have to admit (if you do like cats) that she is quite adorable.   I wasn’t always a cat crazy person – I grew up with a cute black mongrel called Blacky for the first 9 …

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