Two of the lucky ones...

Whilst getting a call to help out with trapping 5 cats at a garden center in Leeds, the caller also told us that 2 young cats has suddenly turned up, dumped over the fence one night, and there in the morning, fending off the 5 cats who's territory it was. Luckily the guy managed to coral the 2 new cats into a conservatory on site where he gave them food and water. They appeared to be about 10 months old, both very friendly and tame, and obviously 'unwanted', Why on earth someone would dump them over the fence we can only guess that they knew about the other cats there and assumed these guys would fit in.

The cats had clearly been pets and well looked after, so what drove someone to abandon them we'll never know. The manager of the site said the cats couldn't stay in the building they were in and if not removed from the site fairly soon, they would just pick them up and dump them somewhere else!

This is the guys in the Conversatory:

These guys couldn't get a break. I rang round everywhere to try and find a home for them,. but as with most charities at the moment, the Leeds ones are full the bursting with Mums and kittens, some weven being kept in people's bathroom until a better space comes a long. I really wanted these cats to be saved and not moved on again. I contacted Yorkshire Cat Rescue, in Howarth, where I regularly volunteer, as a last resort. I was delighted when the manager said they fell into an 'emergency' category and they would find space for them!!!

Last Tuesday I took them across and put them in their temporary pen, where they are now safe, well fed, and waiting for theur furever home.

Thank you YCR, you saved these cats lives and have given them a second chance. It turns out they are brother and sister... a quick trip to the vets is in order, we think :+}

Here they are in the temp pen, one one side and the other the litter area, on the right. The round 'hole' at the back/middle of the picture/pen is where they move between the two different sections.