This is a little vignette of cat rescue life in the UK from Kays Hill Animal Sanctuary. It concerns a cat named Ash who has been rehomed and renamed Felix. He looks like the cartoon cat Felix. He also looks extremely content:
Leanne of Kays Hill says this about Felix:
I hope you don’t mind but we just got this pic back today from Ash’s new family. He was a young cat we had had in for quite a while, and just rehomed him at the weekend. I mentioned him on our Kays Hill page on PoC the other day.
I thought it was such a nice photo I could pass it onto you to put on PoC if that’s OK. He has been renamed Felix by the Bairns and on the photo he is lying down in front of a wood burning stove. As you can see, he is the definition of ‘contented cat’ and I hope you like it….Leanne
Isn’t it nice to see a cat rescued and placed in a new home with new caretakers looking relaxed and content?
This an the everyday occurrence in cat rescue. I believe the event should celebrated as much as the the behavior of cats who have caught the eye of the public for some reason. The cats that tend to get photographed and discussed in blogs and on websites are either glossy stunners or disadvantaged moggies. Let’s praise the average cat and the cat rescue charities for giving them a life.
thank you leah, we really appreciate it, (so do the cats!)
we always love to get lovely pics like this one back from new owners. even on as cold a day as today is, it gives you a warm feeling.
Leah thankyou for the fiver you’ve transfered to our bank for Kays Hill, we’ll be converting it to cat food for them tomorrow
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I love the story because it is one cat that is where he/she should be. It is a simple story. There is no hype. And the internet craves hype. I prefer the average and simple.
I’m so pleased that felix is happy in his furever home. Rescue work as we all know is heart breaking and rewarding. I was lucky enough to exprience the rewarding part when I was in my 30’s volunteering for a recue visiting homed cats after a month although a couple of my visits were tinged with sadness because the cats weren’t happy and oddly I’ll never forget them I wanted to kidnap one cat to save her.
Most though on the whole had settled beautifully and it was just so wonderful to visit a home where you would see the cat curled up fast asleep on someones lap I remember going to one home and the cat was curled up on hubbys lap being gently stroked and hubby says ‘he my wifes cat you know? I don’t like cats actually’ I said ‘yes of course who are you trying to kid being all macho just look at you you love him as much!’ he just smiled and carried on stroking contented Kittie.
All I can say really is thank God for rescues like Kays Hill who work tirelessly day in day out under difficult circumstances to rescue and re-home sweet little cats like Felix. He is undoubtedly one of the lucky ones.