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You may be familar with story about a cat owner who made a ‘fake lap’ for their cat to sit on while they worked from home – it’s been made into a few memes and we used on on our social media in August – Imagine our surprise we recieved…

I’m afraid we have some more sad news about one of our forever foster kitties – Pixie. Last month she was suddenly taken ill and we had to make the tough decision to let her go to the rainbow bridge 😿. Needless to say we are devastated so has taken…

*ADOPTION UPDATE 22 April*   We’ve received some updated guidance from Association of Dog and Cat Homes (ADCH) on how to carry out a limited rehoming process during the Covid 19 pandemic. By following these procedures (social distancing, video home visits and clear communication between us, the fosterers and the…

Statement from British Vetinary Society re: a recent BCC news headline “The British Veterinary Association has clarified its position in light of a report on the BBC news website relating to cats and coronavirus which may have worried people. The headline of the article suggested that veterinary advice was to…

Update on Jack – you may remember sweet Jack who came into our care after being a stray for some time. After being in foster care for a little while, we felt there was something not quite right with Jack – such a lovely boy but we were just a…

A bit of an insight into the last 7 days for some of the volunteers here at Purrs – out in the wind and rain getting these kitties into care. We were alerted into a number of young cats/kittens living outside on some derelict/farm land – it was essential to…

It’s been a year since the overpopulation case that we dealt with, along with a number of other small independent rescues. Our fundraising appeal raised over £2000 which was shared between all rescues who were dealing with the 20 cats which were found at the property for treatments, spay/neutering and…

Purrs Cat Rescue will be closing for our festive break from Thursday 19th Dec – Thursday 2nd January so we can take some time to enjoy and prepare for the festive season with our friends and family (and kitties) as well. As our Purrs number is also a personal number,…

An update on handsome Ray who you may have seen advertised a few weeks back. We have now decided to make Ray one of our ‘forever foster’ kitties – Ray was found as a stray and came to us a very shy but gentle boy – he was treated some…

We have some very sad news about one of our furever foster kitties named Daisy.   Daisy came to us in 2016 after her owner sadly passed away and she needed a new home. She was with us for quite some time, she kept being over looked but we knew…