Busy times!

There is still no sign of summer here, and with the ever-persistent rain, it is not surprising our cats don’t want to do anything more than to curl up and sleep!

Scruff- sleeping through the rain!

Despite of or maybe because of the weather we have been extremely busy with 131 cats and kittens leaving us in May and 90 being adopted already in June! The average length of stay from admission to rehoming is currently only 15 days, a figure that we are very proud of as the less time cats spend in a rescue centre; the better it is for their wellbeing.

These four cuties were reserved as soon as they were available.

We are glad to have been able to help Cats Protection Gwent, Swansea and Carmarthen branches by admitting some of the cats and kittens from their fosterers and their waiting lists. The branch volunteers have also been a big help transporting the cats and kittens to our care. We would like to say thank you to them all and we are glad to say that all cats and kittens from branch transfers have found their forever homes, including Kiwi and Kahlua, the fish net kittens whose story made the news after Gwent branch volunteer rescued them from a small gap in the wall using a fishing net.

Kiwi and Kahlua - transferred to our care from Gwent Branch.

We are continuing our work to re-unite lost and stray cats with their owners and have successfully reunited several cats this year. We are looking for more volunteers to help with this aspect of our work, you can find out what is involved by watching the video below. If you would like to out more, please email Bridgend.Volunteering@cats.org.uk

Re-uniting lost cats with their owners.

One such stray who we believe maybe owned is the lovely Sandor; he is a 1-year-old un-neutered male who is lovely and friendly. He may have wandered off in search of un-neutered females, sadly this is something we see too often, and is one of the reasons we strongly recommend neutering of all cats. You can find out more about the Wales £5.00 neuter and chip scheme here

Sandor - a 1 year old stray friendly cat.

You may have read about our lovely cat Friday whose sad story touched a chord with many people. Sadly her kitten had to be put to sleep as he had a chest deformity and a displaced heart. She is recovering well from her operation, and is much happier out in Ellen’s Lodge; she is due to be vet checked on Tuesday, we are hopeful she will be available for adoption after this.

Friday is happier in Ellen's Lodge

Finally, we would like to say thank you to all our volunteers and supports who helped out, baked, donated to and attended our Pawsome afternoon tea event, it was huge success with over £750 being raised to help cats in our care.