Timid but lovable cat Amber is seeking a relaxed new home where he can continue to gain confidence after recovering from a nasty neck wound.
Four frightened kittens face nearly two months in quarantine after being smuggled into Britain on a lorry from Hungary. A spot check by UK border authorities at the Port of Dover revealed the tiny kittens locked in a freight container, likely without food or water.
Maddie was barely more than a kitten herself when she was taken in by Cats Protection’s Birmingham Adoption Centre after her owner had died. She arrived at the centre with 18-month-old Margot and three-year-old Mason.
TV critic and garden security cat PK, who was adopted from Cats Protection’s Downham Market Adoption Centre, has proved the perfect quarantine companion to his owner who is on furlough due to lockdown restrictions.
16-year-old tabby Summer arrived at Cats Protection’s Cornwall Adoption Centre as an arthritic and emaciated stray. The mature moggy was so thin that a member of the centre team could fit their thumb and first finger in a circle around her abdomen.
Ginger cat Harrison was rescued in a dreadful state from a multi-cat household. The scrawny moggy was brought in to Cats Protection’s Wrexham Adoption Centre following a plea for help from a vet who was dealing with a case of a house full of 29 cats.
Two kittens just old enough to leave their mother were found tied in a plastic bag, suffering from eye damage likely to be deliberate wounding.
Five helpless kittens were thrown into a bin and discarded like rubbish before being found by passers-by. The kittens were found inside a locked bin in Castle Bromwich, Solihull by quick-thinking mum Louise as she walked by with a friend and their families.
With new figures showing that the wellbeing of millions of people has been affected by loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown, cats are helping to bring comfort and joy to those stuck at home.
When the COVID-19 lockdown began in March 2020, Cats Protection sadly had to put adoptions on hold to keep our teams, the public and the cats safe.