WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN HELP
A brief history:-
Who would have thought fifteen years ago
that two little black kittens given to me as a surprise birthday
present would change my life completely!
Having become a cat lover at an early age and spending my
childhood on a farm I always appreciated that life was not warm
fires and comfortable laps for all cats. However until receiving
these two gorgeous bundles of fur via the RSPCA I just did not
realise the full extent of the cat problem in the West Dorset
area.
Helping the RSPCA and Cats Protection for a number of years
highlighted the feral and farm cat problem so I decided more
needed to be done to help these unfortunate cats and founded
Feral Cat Care - a registered charity -in May 1995.
Our aims are very simple - to reduce the number of feral cats,
naturally, by neutering - to improve their quality of life, again
by neutering and provision of food -to take into our care any
sick, injured or elderly feral or farm cats - to take into our
care young kittens to be tamed and homed as domestic pets.
We have three foster homes providing care for over 30 cats at
present and are extremely fortunate that one of these homes is a
stable. All of the cats in our care live quite freely, either for
the rest of their natural life or until a suitable home can be
found.
To achieve our aims and to provide care for the cats takes a
great deal of financing. Our monthly veterinary and food bills
are never less than £1,000 and during the busy kitten season are
increased to £2,000.
We have fund-raising shops at Bridport. Dorchester and Portland
which help fund these bills - however we can never relax
regarding finance and Street collections, Coffee mornings and
basically begging(!) brings in a proportion of our income. We run
a membership at £8.50 per year or £85 for Life Membership. Also
cat sponsorship at £15 per annum or £75 for the cat’s life
- this helps fund the food, inoculations and veterinary expenses
of a cat in our care.
We rely desperately on donations to carry out our work. If you
would like to make a donation please send it to Feral Cat Care,
Jasmine Cottage, Cemetery Road, Portesham, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3
4HA. Alternatively if you would like more information on the
Charity's work, a Membership or Cat Sponsorship application form
please telephone 01305 871656 (Answer Phone).
Feral Cat Care is a dedicated charity, committed to improve the
quality of life for as many feral cats as possible. You may rest
assured that any money you donate will be used to benefit these
unfortunate disregarded cats.
Please help us.
Lynda Downton, Coordinator.
To summarise:-
Annual Membership.............£8.50
Life Membership................£85.00
Annual sponsorship............£15.00
Cats Life Sponsorship......£75.00
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GIVE UP SOME TIME TO SERVE IN ONE OF OUR SHOPS?
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR FUNDRAISING SHOPS AT:-
8A BARRACK STREET, BRIDPORT and 3 TRINITY HOUSE, TRINITY STREET, DORCHESTER
Open Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm
And also recently opened at:- 1A EASTON SQUARE, PORTLAND
THE MAJORITY OF THE CATS AND KITTENS THAT WE HELP DO NOT HAVE OWNERS. COULD YOU PLEASE FIND IT IN YOUR HEARTS TO HELP US TO CARE FOR THOSE CATS AND KITTENS NOT SO FORTUNATE AS OUR OWN CATS. PLEASE HELP US....
01305 871656