We have had an extremely busy and successful year here at Cats Protection Bridgend and we have had many memorable cats come and go through the centre. We wanted to share with you some of our highlights of the year of cats who found their forever homes and beat the odds.
Willow:
Willow made the national news in Summer this year when she was tipped out of a wood recycling plant truck delivering woodchip at a site near by. A man noticed her and rushed her over to us. We really didn't think Willow was going to make it even on the car journey to the vets but after an X-ray and a few tests it was found out she had had a small head trauma but suffered no broken bones. We kept a close eye on Willow for the next few weeks and the cat carers spent time each day teaching Willow to learn how to eat, play and purr again! She became incredibly confident and affectionate and got the all clear from the vets ready to find her new start.
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| Willow. |
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| Willow the day she was found. |
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| Willow settled into her new home! |
Bear:
Bear was a firm favourite here at the centre this year, he came into us in April this year after his owner suffered an allergy to his beautiful fur. We discovered that bear was totally blind but had managed his whole 5 years well so far as an Indoor cat. Bear was incredibly shy at first but after gaining our trust he turned out to be a total love bug who adored attention and being groomed. Bear has now found his happy ending living locally with his new best canine pal.
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| Bear |
Ushi and Ursa:
Ushi and Ursa came into the centre with 10 other cats from the same household. They had such severe flu which caused their eyes to be damaged causing them a lot of pain. This lead them to have one eye each removed. The girls were so shy and scared at first but a few days after their operation they were totally new personalities! They had become loving and trusting and now both live in their new home together.
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| Ushi and Ursa: Before vs After. |
Bruiser:
Bruiser was our gentle giant of 2017. He came from a multi-cat household and had a serious eye issue where his eye lashes had grown inwards and were causing him pain. After trying treatment the only thing we could do for Bruiser was to give him two surgeries on his eyes to remove the lashes that were causing him distress. He was so brave and friendly during his whole ordeal and we were so happy that after a long time spent with us at the centre, he finally found his forever home.
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| Bruiser Before |
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| Bruiser after his operation |
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| Bruiser after. |
Sassy:
Sassy came in to us found as a stray, she was found in Port Talbot and bought into us in a very sorry state. We managed to locate her owners however they knew she had gone missing as she ran away after she no longer liked the new baby in the house or the neighbourhood cats. After much discussion they had to make the sad and hard decision let us take care of her from here and find her a new home. Sassy had developed hyperthyroidism in which she had to have one of her thyroid glands removed. Throughout the whole time here Sassy remained fabulous and an incredibly sweet, loving cat. We are happy to say Sassy is well and truly settled into her new home living out her twilight years.
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| Sassy |
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| Sassy settled in her new loving home. |
CP Turns 90:
This year Cats Protection also celebrated it's wonderful 90th Birthday! We here at Bridgend celebrated in style with a 1930's themed bash. Thankyou to everybody who came and supported and helped out - we managed to raise almost £3000 on the day.
We would like to say a huge thankyou from everyone at the centre to all our supporters, volunteers and adopters this year, we have homed over 1460 cats and kittens and look forward to homing many more in 2018!
Have a great festive period and best wishes for the new year.
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