animal rescue UK – Page 3

How much do you spend to rescue a cat?

September 15, 2014August 3, 2013 by Michael Broad

This is about a cat rescued from a tree, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It took several hours of work by: Seven firefighters with their fire engine and a hydraulic platform Police and a police car An RSPCA inspector A road blocked for an hour …to rescue the cat who had been up a tree for …

Chester: A Cat Rescued and Recovering

August 1, 2013 by Michael Broad

There is only one word for the 5 youths who immersed a 6 week old kitten in a drum of motor oil EVIL According to our local newspaper report they are around 14 years of age. What a very frightening thought that at an age where those youths should know right from wrong, they …

Cats Protection Wear Valley & Darlington District

July 5, 2013 by Michael Broad

Our local Cats Protection is co-ordinated by Marion, we laughingly say she knows so much about cats she actually must be one herself! She started out fostering for CP in 1991 and remarkably found homes for 189 cats in her first year!

Beautiful Message. Lousy Presentation

June 18, 2013 by Michael Broad

We must respect all people who are concerned about animal rescue and welfare. It is irrelevant how they present their arguments. Forget presentation. Focus on content. On the issue of animal rescue, which is life and death for an animal, presentation should be meaningless — if we were less obsessed with froth and more …

Wrong Leadership At RSPCA

April 1, 2013 by Michael Broad

The RSPCA relies on donations from the animal loving public. What sort of RSPCA do they want? I am sure they want an organisation that has a direct involvement in animal welfare, which means a hands-on operation that saves the lives of animals, rehomes companion animals and which treats injured animals. So, what have …

Little Ginge and Treacle (rescued and rehomed cats, UK)

February 20, 2013February 20, 2013 by Michael Broad

Stories of cat rescue in England by Leanne of Kays Hill Animal Sanctuary…. Little Ginge was brought to us one day by a girl who had taken him in out of pity. He was possibly 8-9 weeks old and he had already had at least four homes. Life was about to get better. She had …

An Unwanted Cat is Wanted Again

February 8, 2013 by Michael Broad

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 …

Would You Work In A Cat Shelter?

October 1, 2012September 30, 2012 by Michael Broad

The cat shelter is firmly a part of society in Europe and the United States or indeed in most counties of the world. They have been around for ages. How long? I guess as long as there have been too many cats or at least too many cats that were unwanted. There was a …

+ More