About Ourselves:

We have been rescuing cats and kittens for 20 years now, until recently we were based at our co-ordinator's where we had ten large heated pens, with outdoor runs and a kitten house with accommodation for 8 kitten pens. In addition, we had six foster mums with  individual pens who took in longer staying cats like pregnant queens and RTAs, or the nervous ones who needed time to get used to being handled.  Pat, our co-ordinator, has now retired so the branch has undergone a major change. All our cats are now out with foster mums, in addition to our existing fosterers we have some new recruits. The homing procedure has obviously had to change as well. We now have a Welfare Officer who arranges for the cats  to come in and be placed with a fosterer and Homing Officers who try to match up a cat to a suitable home. We also have Home Checkers who visit prospective homes. Here are some pictures of our fosterers' pens: Our main out goings are naturally on vet bills which on average are over £15000, this is because all cats 6 months of age or over must be neutered before re-homing and we have some blood-tested first. The cats are also vaccinated against Cat Flu, Feline Enteritis and Feline Leukaemia. In this way we try to ensure the cats we re-home are in the best possible health and condition. As you can imagine this is very costly and apart from a small grant from HQ, we are totally reliant on our own fund raising efforts and donations from the public.

Homing statistics:

We have been homing on average 450 cats and kittens a year and help many more with vet treatment for various reasons. We strongly encourage neutering and when necessary issue vouchers to help cover the cost.

Contact Details:

Contact number: 01284 850887 Cats Protection ( Bury St Edmunds) Branch PO Box 422 IP31 3WE   Cats Protection Home Page

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