Our lovely girl came from us as a stray from Hamilton Rd in Haitaitai - hence the name. Originally we thought her a boy, but a vet check has proved otherwise, so "Lady" has been appended to the original name.
Little 12 year old Becky came into the shelter as "Bungeye", having lost her right eye in a car accident when she was young.
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Our volunteers hated the name and felt that it focused on her physical issues rather than the lovely cat that she is. Normally we don't rename our cats, but so many people felt that her name just didn't do her justice that we've made an exception in this case.
Yep - it's been a while, I know. No promises, but I'm going to try to get back to highlighting one of the girls in the shelter looking for a new home each Friday. (If anyone can think of a better name than Fem-Cat Friday, please let me know!)
Man-Cat Monday is also planned to follow.
In just about the best news ever, our fabulous Miss Moppett has finally found the people worthy of becoming her devoted slaves and has a new home! It's been 3 and a half years since she first came to us...
Thanks H. for giving me a call last night to let me know that dear old Chipper was euthanised yesterday. He really was a great old age, and I know that his final years in the shelter really were happy....
Last night the Great White (and silver tabby) Hunter decided to present me with his latest prey - an enormous rat! Those of you who also live with the hunter/gatherer type will know that sinking feeling that occurs when the...
Here's the boy enjoying a sunny Waitangi Day holiday And a visit to little Willow on thursday. She's completely adored by her family and a far cry from the skinny single mum she was a few years ago.
Well, I guess I should have realised. Now that 'm not involved with CPL I just get to hear about the stuff that suks.
So time to say goodbye to Sparky and to Fiona.
Who was the most caring, compassionate cat I've ever met. Rest in peace my friend. You will be so much missed by all the cats and people who knew you and loved you.
Pansy and Poppy came to us when their elderly owner died, and were adopted almost a year ago by a lovely family in (from memory) Palmerston North. They sent us a lovely email and some photos last week that I'd...
Well, it's been a good Sunday. 2 cats homed, 2 new very enthusiastic new members who are keen to help out with fostering, and two people in with donations of food etc for us. First off, our dear Sooty finally...
And not really up to blogging over the last couple of weeks. Truth to tell, not been a great deal to report. However this weekend (or at least yesterday) our Lucky lad got a new home! Fingers crossed he'll settle...
Ringo has belonged to an elderly person his whole life, and by all accounts was the apple of her eye. Sadly for both of them, she's had to go into care and was unable to take her beloved Ringo with...
Ok, we have lots of "normal" cats in the shelter, but right now I'm going to focus on the ones that either have special needs or have been with us for far too long. So, Jade. Well, she's got 3...
This week on Man Cat Monday, I'd like to introduce you to Sooty (or Sooty I as he was known as for the period we had 3 Sooty's in the shelter). Sooty's about 12 years old and has been with...
As you can probably imagine, building the new shelter hasn't been cheap, so the Cats Protection League is looking a ways to rebuild our finances. Lynn (adoptive mother of wee Gemma) has made this fabulous hand made 1.10 meter square...
Molly (who is now Dax, which is short for PolyDACTyl, as well as alluding to both Star Trek and my favourite obscure goth singer, Danielle Dax) is doing well. She spent her first day with us hiding with such prodigious...
Hi again everyone. Heather's sent through another update on our lovely Blackie, now happily ensconced in his new home in Germany! "Enclosed some pictures from Blacky in his new home, my sister made this pictures. I hope you can open...
Except for the fact that everyone in Wellington seems to have gone away, so no homings on Saturday or Sunday this week. Molly did go to her new home on friday night tho. We had a bit of a panic...
Hi all. So sorry for the lack of updating. Between work and the new shelter it's been a frantic few months. New shelter I hear you say? Yes - it's finally happened! Our new shelter is finished, the cats moved...
Especially to our Sparky, who's been fostered by one of our volunteers. Sparky came to us from an elderly woman who'd had him from a kitten and only ever let him outside on a lead. We're not sure if he'd...
Two updates in two days! Not bad eh? So, Angel went to her new home yesterday, and I homed Boy this afternoon. He's gone to live with a family with a cat friendly 5 yr old lad, which I think...
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