Our Website brings you news from around the charity, our two London clinics, East Sussex sanctuary and Tunbridge Wells branch. We hope you will enjoy our site and who knows, you may even find a new pet. If you would like any further information or the work of the Trust, please send us an Email. Don't forget to include a telephone number with your enquiry. Click onto any of the page options on the left of this page to navigate round our site.
MAY 2013...........
KITTEN SEASON Cats are seasonal breeders usually giving birth to two litters per year - Spring and again late Summer.
Kitten season is now underway and our foster homes are filling up with unwanted and stray mother cats and their litters of tiny kittens.
If you are seeking to adopt a mum and a kitten or a pair of kittens would you consider taking in a litter for us and keeping mum and a kitten or two but fostering the 'extras' for us until they are weaned and suitable new permanent homes can be found for them?
More foster homes are also required by all of our Branches to help care for mother cats and litters of kittens.
A SPECIAL APPEAL FOR BLACK AND BLACK & WHITE CATS WHO ARE NORMALLY OVERLOOKED
All our shelters always have many black and black and white cats looking for new homes.
We are asking all potential adopters not to overlook cats just because they are black or black and white and, if needed, to try and see through the cats initial nervous nature - many have had their worlds turned upside down, losing their homes, often through no fault of their own. Some have beeen cruelly treated and of course they will take time and human effort to learn trust again - they just need to be given the chance.
Please see our 'Animals for Homing' pages or call our centres for more information.
CATS AND CHILDREN
We are often asked about our policy on homing cats with children. We think that it is very important for children to grow up with pets and do home cats into family homes all the time. Unfortunately, due to some cats nervous nature (mostly caused by humans) we do not always have the perfect cats for family homes. The RIGHT cats for families are the very friendly and bold cats - these are the ones who tend to be lucky enough to find homes fairly quickly so are not often featured on our website.
SUPPORT CHAT'S WORK WITH A DONATION OR EVEN JUST BUY A CAT'S DINNER BY TEXTING THE MESSAGE MEOW01£1 to 70070 - IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT AND CHAT WILL RECEIVE THE WHOLE POUND!
IF YOU FANCY BUYING A FAMILY OF CATS DINNER JUST ADD THE AMOUNT YOU WISH TO DONATE e.g MEOW01£5 to 70070.
Donations can only be in the amount of £1, £2, £3, £4, £5, and £10.
An individual can give a maximum of £30 per day (e.g. three text donations of £10 each).
If you'd like to claim Gift Aid on your donation just follow the instructions in the reply text you receive.
THANKS FROM ALL OF OUR CHAT CATS!
Celia Hammond Animal Trust ~ Our Aims and Objectives
To provide care and refuge for cats and kittens both feral and domestic and for those animals which on the basis of age, temperament or appearance would not normally be taken in elsewhere
To promote the welfare of animals through example and education
To humanely reduce the population of dogs and cats, both pedigree and mongrel in the U.K by neutering as opposed to the current situation where hundreds of thousands of healthy but unwanted or stray animals are being destroyed simply because there are not enough homes to go around
To provide low cost neuter/vaccination clinics for animals belonging to people on benefit or those unable to afford private veterinary fees.
To provide low cost treatment in our clinics for sick/injured animals whose owners do not qualify for help from the major charities but who cannot afford private veterinary fees
To operate a rescue service for animals, both domestic and feral, in emergency situations through calls from the public, local authorities and the police
To provide long and short-term sanctuary accommodation and rehoming facilities for rescued animals
To investigate complaints of cruelty and neglect and to take appropriate action
The Trust has a strict non-destruction policy unless animals are suffering with a terminal illness or are hopelessly injured and beyond any veterinary help.
We can rescue them only you can save them.
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Our Head Office is Celia Hammond Animal Trust, High Street, Wadhurst, East Sussex TN5 6AG
