LINCOLN CAT CARE
This year sees Lincoln Cat Care’s 20th birthday and what a journey it’s been.
This year saw the compulsory microchipping of cats which will be a headache for a while until everyone does their part. Of course having all cats chipped won’t stop the list of missing cats not returned to their home. Sadly many are, probably happily, settled into new homes and won’t come to the surface until something forces the cat to be scanned and the original registered family is then traced. It’s then a choice of leaving them with the new home or stressing them again by returning to the original home. That’s always a hard decision where you’re torn between having your treasure home or agreeing to leave them in their new home. That is why it is so important to scan any cat that you think is a stray before taking them into your home. The other side of chipping is ensuring you keep your registration details up to date.
Over the years our work has only been made possible by the brilliant volunteers who willingly give their time to ensure we can continue to help the needy cats. Some, with already busy lives, seem to find it possible to still give an incredible amount of time. It’s these helpers that really are the reason the group still thrives.
Because of our results with injured or poorly cats we have a steady amount of donations, some to cover the treatment costs that are increasingly incurred by injured or poorly cats. It’s always been our policy to help any cat that needs it while funds allow, and run a neutering campaign when possible.
Thank you everyone who has ever helped in any way over the years and please continue so that the next 20 years can be as successful as the past 20 have been.
Thanks also to Pauline who deserves a special mention as without her passion for our work previously and her generous start up donation it would have been a much harder task to interpret our passion into a reality.
Finally thanks to all the stalwarts that have been with us from the outset and those that have sadly left along the way to help the kitties in heaven.
WE ARE ALWAYS HARD PRESSED FOR CARERS TO LOOK AFTER CATS UNTIL A LOVING HOME CAN BE FOUND. REGULARLY WE ARE ASKED TO BRING IN MULTIPLE CATS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS . CAN YOU ACT AS A FOSTER HOME, OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A TREASURE FOR YOURSELF. IF SO PLEASE GIVE US A CALL
OUR SHOP ALWAYS NEEDS CARRIER BAGS OR LIFETIME BAGS IF YOU HAVE ANY TO SPARE. WHY NOT POP IN AND HAVE A BROWSE.YOU CAN CONTACT THEM FOR MORE DETAILS
CAN YOU MAKE ANY CRAFT ITEMS FOR US TO SELL AT EVENTS (KNITTED ITEMS,CAT NIP MICE,CROSS STITCH) OR HAVE ANY BAGS TO SPARE THEN CONTACT JOYCE ON 01522- 683675. ALSO WE ALWAYS NEED WOOL,BRIC A BRAC AND CRAFT ITEMS.
In 2004 a group of cat lovers set up a charity which would help the cats locally in whatever way we were able. Because of the work we do people have grown to learn that we will do whatever we can and so have supported us. When funds allow we run a free neutering campaign as we believe that each unwanted kitten takes a potential home from an adult cat and female cats will wander when they start ‘calling’. Males will be very territorial and fight intruders. Many of the injuries and infections are caused by bites, either fighting or mating. We have helped numerous people, when circumstances have forced considering giving up a loved pet, by helping arrange vet treatment if needed or supply food for an interim period. Many of these homes have contributed to our funds when circumstances improved which meant we could help others.Many cats which were to be PTS because of injuries, ailments or lack of finances to pay for vet treatment that we have heard of we’ve helped and either returned to their loving family or found a new home for them to recuperate. We try to collect any reported RTAs as soon as possible so the cat does not suffer and, where possible to inform the family to give them closure. We are restricted on how quickly we are able to respond by the availability of volunteers, so if you can help please contact us by one of the ways on the ‘contacts’ page.People support our work in many ways. Giving time is one way that we cannot get enough of. There is a wide range of help you can give. Good condition items for resale, either in our shop or on ebay, are always needed. Items such as food and litter can be arranged through our facebook page or dropped into our shop if you want to help that way.
If you care about the cats locally please go to ‘contacts’ page to find out how YOU can help