Cats Protection as an organisation rehomes around 200,000 cats in the course of one year. Volunteers at Tain & District Branch are trying in their small way to help rehome the many stray and abandoned cats and kittens which come into our care each year. We try to encourage owners to have their cats neutered between 4/5 months if they are not being used for breeding purposes. Neutering can help prevent male cats fighting and female cats having up to three litters of kittens per year.   Over a five year period, one cat can be responsible for 20,000 decendants.

Some cats rehome very quickly, but some are with us for some considerable time. In the main the cats who are with us longer are the 'older' ones. Some people think that a cat is old at the age of 5. Two cats were taken into our care at the age of 17, and they lived until they were just over 22 years old. This must surely prove that a cat is never an 'old' cat, just an adult one.

We carry out home visits prior to homing any of the cats in our care, when queries and worries can be dealt with. We know this must worry some people, but it only making sure that the appropriate cat is rehomed with the appropriate family.

We are often asked to rehome feral cats. Unfortunately, we do not have a specific place to home feral cats and the only thing we can offer is to trap, neuter and return them to the site they were living as a colony. Once a colony is neutered, it should become kitten free. To remove a colony is to invite, within a matter of weeks, another colony to come in and take over that space, where they know there is a food supply readily available. If you can offer a home to a feral cat or cats, please contact us.

As we are all volunteers, our telephone line is not manned 24 hours a day.  If we are unable to take your call, please leave a message and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.  Any delay in replying will be down to work commitment.

Our Telephone Number is: 0845 3712737  -  Email Address is:  jardij@aol.com

Cats Protection do have an extensive range of leaflets available, giving all sorts of down to earth information about keeping and looking after kittens and cats. These leaflets can be downloaded from the website - www.cats.org.uk