JSPCA PRESS RELEASE

November 2004  

JSPCA ANIMALS' SHELTER GIVES UK CATS A HELPING HAND

Working alongside the feline welfare charity, Cats Protection League (CPL), the JSPCA Animals’ Shelter has arranged for ten cats to be transported to Jersey, where new loving homes are to be found for them.

The CPL can have up to 7000 cats in their care at any one time throughout the CPL rescue homes in the UK.  The help that the JSPCA Animals’ Shelter has offered in finding suitable new homes for these ten cats has been gratefully received by the CPL, especially at this time of year, nearing the Christmas and the New Year period, when often the rescue centres become very busy with an influx of unwanted animals.

The ten cats are now available for re-homing from the JSPCA Animals’ Shelter and have been fully vaccinated, neutered, microchipped and have received a thorough veterinary health check. 

The numerous of unwanted and abandoned cats and kittens that the CPL helps each year highlights the need to promote responsible pet ownership, including the routine neutering of cats, the provision of appropriate veterinary care, as well as arranging for animals to be properly cared for whilst the owner is away from home or at work.

Anyone interested in the work of the JSPCA Animals’ Shelter or the Shelter’s re-homing policies should contact the JSPCA reception.

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Notes for Editors:

• All of the animals available for re-homing at the JSPCA Animals’ Shelter have been fully vaccinated, neutered (as appropriate for the species), have undergone a thorough health check with a veterinary surgeon and are temperament assessed before being placed in a suitable home.
• For further information about re-homing dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets or other small mammals, please contact reception at the JSPCA Animals’ Shelter, telephone 01534 724331.
• Cats Protection rescues and re-homes unwanted and abandoned cats, and promotes responsible cat ownership.  The CPL works towards three key aims:

  §         To rescue stray and unwanted cats and kittens, and rehabilitate and re-home them where possible.

  §         To encourage the neutering of all cats and kittens not required for breeding.

  §         To inform the public about the care of cats and kittens.