NEEDED

OUR MOST URGENT NEED IS FOR FOSTERERS. WE WILL SUPPLY AND ERECT A PEN OR TWO, PAY FOR ANY VET'S BILLS, FOOD, LITTER AND OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES. ALL YOU NEED TO GIVE IS LOVE AND AFFECTION TO THESE CATS UNTIL THEIR FUTURE IS ASSURED AND WE CAN FIND A NEW HOME FOR THEM.

We are always looking for fosterers. We need fosterers who are prepared to have a chalet or chalets erected in their garden, indoor fosterers to foster in a spare room and short term kitten fosterers also to foster indoors. It would also be helpful to have emergency fosterers prepared to foster for short periods of time during emergencies and holidays . In 2011 we especially welcome Indoor Fosterers.

FIND OUT ABOUT FOSTERING

For CHALET FOSTERING - we would erect a state-of-the art chalet in your garden.

For INDOOR FOSTERING - you just need a spare room.

for EMERGENCY SHORT-TERM AND KITTEN FOSTERING - you just need a spare room.

WE PAY for food, litter, vet bills and other out of pocket expenses. YOU GIVE your time and lots of TENDER LOVING CARE

Jan would love to have a cat but lives near a dangerous road so in September 2010 she found out about fostering and now has a chalet in her garden where she can spend all the time she likes caring for her boarders before they move on to loving homes.

Nesta has been fostering indoors for 4 years and "absolutely loves it". She prefers kittens ("her babies") to adult cats as they are amusing, cute and very playful. She feels lost without the kittens when they are adopted. The house feels empty as the kittens always bring such happiness to her home. Nesta cannot wait to get her next litter of kittens.

All cats and kittens coming into care are lovingly cared for and often nursed back to full health by our hard working team of volunteer foster carers. Jane and Nesta both foster kittens indoors. Yvonne has 3 chalets in her garden, Mel, Kate and Angie have 2 chalets each, Kath and Jan have one chalet each and Sue fosters in a spare room. Ken and Linda emergency foster indoors. All our foster carers are ably helped by family members and friends and they all love fostering.

Interested? Phone 01935 412755

Chalet Sponsoring The chalet pictured above may also be sponsored for a minimum donation of £5 per month for 6 months. The sponsor receives a laminated Certificate of Appreciation along with a personalised Thank You card and photographs of the chalet and cats currently being fostered. A laminated plaque showing the sponsor's name is displayed in the chalet. The sponsor receives a monthly update on the cats fostered and those that have been adopted and may arrange to visit the chalet from time to time.

The chalet is currently sponsored by Joan from Bruton for 12 months from 10th February 2012, Peggy from Yeovil for 12 months from 10th February 2012, Brenda from Galhampton for 6 months from 14th February 2012, Graham from Ilminster for 6 months from 20th February 2012 and Phyllis from Yeovil for 12 months from 3 March 2012.

If you would like to sponsor the chalet contact Leslye

WOOL We welcome donations of wool, double if possible, for our ladies who knit and crochet blankets for the cats in care. We are fortunate to have 2 ladies, Jackie and Carol, who make knitted toys from donated wool. The toys are displayed by Zorica in her beauty salon where clients make donations for the toys. If you would like to donate wool, make cat blankets or knitted toys for the Branch please email yeovilcatsprotection@tiscali.co.uk or phone the Branch line on 01935 412755.

Here are some of the knitted toys displayed in Zorica's salon.

DONATIONS OF CAT FOOD

The Branch welcomes donations of cat and kitten food both wet and dry. We can also supply attractive donation bins measuring 25" high by 14.5" wide for shops. If you know of a shop or company willing to host a collection bin please email the branch at yeovilcatsprotection@tiscali.co.uk or phone the Branch line on 10935 412755.

We have donation bins in the Co-op stores in Crewkerne, Chard and Ilminster and at Crossroad Pet Supplies on Babylon Hill on the Sherborne Road in Yeovil.

HOME MADE CAKES

If you would like to join the Catering Corps and make cakes to be sold at our Fairs held during the year (see Events page) please email yeovilcatsprotection@tiscali.co.uk or phone the Branch line on 01935 412755.

RECYCLE AND RAISE FUNDS One black bag of clothes, rags, leather, PVC will earn our Branch £5 or more. We can recycle clothes (any condition - new to falling apart), bed linen, blankets, towels, tea cloths, curtains, leather & PVC goods, coats, waterproofs, sheepskins, boots, shoes, sandals, belts, trainers, plimsolls, flip flops, handbags, purses, wallets BUT NOT duvets, pillows, cushions, dog/cat beds and soft toys. Please telephone Carol on 10935 420565 or Jan on 01935 423292 to arrange collection. THANK YOU.

All our Volunteers are highly valued and without them the Branch would not be able to help the many needy cats and kittens in our area.

Email yeovilcatsprotection@tiscali.co.uk or phone the branch line on 01935 412755 to:

Man a stall Shake a tin Hold a Coffee Morning Display posters

Deliver Leaflets Get involved in fundraising Receive Cat Chat

Sponsor a cat pen Assist with transport Home checking Publicity

Assist at fairs Give ideas

We welcome donations of

Raffle Prizes Books Craftwork Cakes Jewellery Bric-a-Brac

Cat Food Beds Toys Scratching Posts

HELP WITH NEUTERING

IF ANYONE IS ON A LOW INCOME AND IS RECEIVING A STATE BENEFIT, WE CAN ASSIST WITH THE COST OF NEUTERING YOUR CAT OR CATS BY ISSUING A VOUCHER THAT WILL COVER APPROXIMATELY HALF THE COST. CATS CAN SO EASILY GET OUT OF HAND IF THEY ARE LEFT TO DO WHAT CATS DO VERY WELL AND MANY CATS ARE PUT TO SLEEP OR KILLED BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO LOVING OWNER. CONTACT US ON THE BRANCH PHONE FOR THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF OUR NEUTERING OFFICER . PLEASE NOTE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HQ CAT CARE STANDARDS, WE HAVE A STRICT NON DESTRUCT POLICY AND CATS STAY WITH US UNTIL WE FIND THEM THE HOME THEY DESERVE.

IMPORTANT

Hundreds of cats may have died because their owners mistakenly treated them with anti-flea products intended for dogs, a study suggests. The Veterinary Poisons Information Service found that one in 10 cats referred to it had died after being exposed to permethrin. The chemical is used in flea treatments for dogs but is very toxic to cats

If accidentally applied to cats they can show "severe clinical signs" and need two or three days of intensive veterinary treatment if they are to survive.

Do not use flea treatments intended for dogs on cats.