Well, that was my first shift volunteering at YCR. What a great day, really made to feel welcome by all, especially want to than L'key (probably got that wrong!) for being a mentor and showing me the ropes. Nothing surprising, started off helping with the morning feed, progressed to cleaning the pens, stroking cats, lunch, replenishing food in the food shed, tidying the main storage area, then more stroking/petty duties... it's a hard life.
Worst part of the day was the damn traffic. Going from Leeds across to Keighley there was gridlock in Shipley as everything came to a standstill passing through one junction. I was tempted to go through Bradford, but it meant going right through the city center and at rush-hour that wouldn't be pretty either. I think it's abit rock-and-a-hard-place situation. I may go over abit earlier next time and see if I can miss some of the bulk of the traffic.
Best was this little beauty, Socks, and her six, yes SIX, kittens.
Right little bundles of energy. You can see them here in the run area as someone is down at the far end cleaning out their pen. This gave the kittens a great new area to explore as well as run round. They loved it.
Here's one of the kittens, exploring, everyone else is hiding off to the left of the picture between the pens. There are 3 kittnes similar to this one, then 3 more that look just like mini versions of Mum.
Last, but not least, this is a shot inside their pen. One of the little black & white fellas is so active, he just plays and climbs the walls all the time. You can see the sleeping area at the back, this has a door which closes to keep the wramth in and give the cats shelter and peace and quioet at night. It can opened to feed/clean the cats.
Was at first just considering going across one a month, then maybe fortnightly... now, I fancy going every week. It's that kind of place.
If you want to help cats and can't foster or donate money, at least try to donate your time. It's free and both you and the cats will get plenty out of it. Trust me.
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