Barnstaple branch does not have a homing centre, instead all the cats in our care are looked after by a team of fosterers who are all volunteers and look after cats in purpose-built pens in their gardens and sometimes kittens are brought into their homes in special kitten pens. These fosterer's take care of the cats and kittens until a new home can be found for them.

We can have at any one time over 20 cats and kittens in our care - all waiting for a home to call their own. If you could give a loving home to one or more of our lovely cats or if you simply know of someone who has mentioned they would like to share their home with one, please do get in touch with us.

Unfortunately for many cats, suddenly finding themselves in strange surroundings can be a traumatic experience especially if they have lost their owner, home and sense of security all in one go. Our fosterers do their very best to ensure these cats are well cared for and are given as much love and affection as possible BUT what they really want is a new home. There is a special someone out there for every cat.

If you are able to offer one of our cats/kittens a new home, then you will visit one of our dedicated team of fosterers either Sarah, Kay, Sue, Margaret or Mandie. We will also soon have two new fosteres Jo and Katherine.
Most of our volunteers multi task and as well as fundraising and fostering also carry out home visits for us. If you are thinking of giving one of our cats a home you will be visited by either Beryl, Hilary, Lydia, Wendy, Sue, Kay, Rosemary or Michael.

We are a relatively small branch, but our committee oversee all the branch activities: re-homing; Home visits; fundraising; lost and found; neutering campaigns; press releases; advertising; etc.
You will most likely see other members, Beryl, Lydia,Wendy,Mel,Sue,Anne and of course Jess the cat,at fundraising events around North Devon, their tireless efforts essential to our survival. We are heavily dependent on donations and local fundraising at these events and public support is greatly appreciated.

Of course there are also the behind the scenes people who keep the branch running smoothly including Sheila who does an excellent job with our accounts and also takes care of the never ending requests for neutering vouchers, Lydia who is our coordinator and first point of call for most non cat adoption/neutering voucher phone calls and Sarah who you will speak to if you are looking to re-home a cat or need to hand one in to us, Kay our welfare officer, Angela who does a great job publishing and distributing our quarterly newsletter and of course me (Sue), I look after the website, Facebook and Ebay pages.

NEUTERING

We can under certain circumstances help with the cost of neutering cats for people on low income & benefits.  If you would like more information or need help please contact us on 0845 3711850

Did you know that a female cat, in just 5 years can be responsible for 20,000 descendants?   From as early as 4 months a healthy female cat can have up to 3 litters each year.

An uncastrated male cat marks its territory with strong smelling urine, indoors as well as outdoors.  He may disappear for days or weeks and will often turn up injured or ill from untreated wounds.  When neutered, male cats are less aggressive and should fight less.

The majority of  cats killed on the roads are uncastrated toms.

Please be a responsible cat owner and have your cat neutered.