What We do:
The Sanctuary is filled with little faces pleading 'Please choose me' from the very young to the very elderly- some are traumatised at losing their home and owners, others are just unwanted or abandoned and left to fend for themselves. They are all keeping their paws crossed hoping to be chosen as someones special pet and be loved and wanted once more.

Each of our rescues has their own stories to tell if only they can find a listening ear. They all need our help but as least they are safe, well-fed and loved until the right home comes along. Could you find a place in your homes and your hearts and be rewarded with a friend and companion for life?

Based in Bristol

What We do:
We are a small independent cat rescue which has now been running for 3 years. Since starting up, we have rehomed over 250 stray and abandoned cats and kittens. Our aim is to help find these cats homes, and to educate people about the importance of neutering and microchipping.

All the cats we take in are either strays or have been found purposely abandoned. Some are healthy cats which the owners have taken in to put to sleep. We try our hardest to locate the owners of any stray cats, but without a microchip, this usually proves to be impossible. All cats are vet checked where necessary, neutered and microchipped. They are looked after in a home environment by foster carers, who will assess their temperment and personality, so we can get an idea of what type of home they will need.

What We do:
We are a group dedicated to helping and caring for the welfare and improving the quality of life of abandoned or feral cats in and around Coventry.
We respond to calls for help from the public and other organisations, e.g. PDSA, when we are told cats, kittens or families of cats (mum and kittens) are apparently abandoned living in gardens or on the highway, or surviving rough as ferals. We catch the strays and take them to a veterinary centre for an assessment of their condition. They are treated as necessary and checked for an identity ‘chip’. If there is no ‘chip’, they are placed with fosterers while we make efforts to identify any owners by enquiries in the vicinity or through another local charity called ‘Pet Search’. If that fails, we adopt the cats into Coventry Cat Group’s care for re-homing.
After neutering, if appropriate, we try to find each cat a loving new home. Kittens that are homed are ALWAYS required to be neutered when old enough. Cats which are not domesticated are relocated where possible at farms or riding stables or returned to their original habitat and arrangements are made for them to be regularly fed.

What We do:
Manuela works very closely with her vet who is based 23km away to arrange medical treatments and neutering. She arranges with him to do as many neutering as funds allow (30 this year so far) and he regularly comes over to Avsallar to treat urgent medical cases – we are very grateful indeed for all his support and hard work:

She moved to there in April 2010 and since is constantly caring about innumerable street-cats and dogs. Each day, whether in the winter when its rainy and cold or now, when its very hot, she walks many kilometers with some kilograms of animal food to make sure that all the animals in “Avsallar” get something to eat.

Her own life became very hard and sad due to this but it is impossible for her to look away and ignore the many problems. – Whenever there are sick street animals, she is asking me for help and treatment. There are ill animals all the time. I also castrated over 30 street cats and one street dog of Avsallar since the beginning of 2012 but there are still so many which need to be done which is also not easy for me as located 23 kilometers far away her community.

In Avsallar she already had to make a number of bad experiences with people who give her a hard time for her care but she is a fighter as she hopes to step by step give the animals there a better life.