About Us
I
am nobody special, just an ordinary cat-lover. I have had cats
all my life and can't imagine life without them!
I haven't had any formal training - all I have
learned, I
have learned from experience and from other like-minded people.
And I am still learning. I can't imagine saying "I know it
all"! That would be blown out of the window the next time I met a
new cat. Every cat is an individual and every single cat has
something new to teach us.
Right now I don't have any cats of my own. The cats
in my house are all "foster cats". That is, they have come into
our care because they are homeless, abandoned or ill-treated and they
are waiting for a permanent home. I foster for a small
organization called Keighley Cat Care. Keighley is a small town
in West Yorkshire, England, close to where I live.
My oldest resident is Sylvester. We
don't know how old Sylvester is, but he is obviously well into his
teens.
It is known that he survived on the streets for at least 4
years. One day he just turned up of his own accord at one of the
Keighley Cat Care homes - obviously he was tired of street life!
He had a very bad mouth and needed a lot of vet attention to enable him
to eat. Without this he would have starved to death - so he knew
what he was doing. He is very placid and affectionate -
undoubtedly he was someone's pet before ending up on the streets.
How this came about we shall never know. Now he is safe and
happy - but he may be with me for a long time as not many people want
to adopt an older cat, even though older cats have SO much to
offer!
We hope to rescue many more in the future - young and old!