A three-legged moggy who helps a six-year-old boy with severe learning difficulties and medical conditions has been named National Cat of the Year 2021.
Minty, from Holywell, Wales, beat hundreds of other entries to be named overall winner in the nation's biggest celebration of pet cats, organised by Cats Protection.
The nine-year-old puss was recognised in honour of the...
Twin sisters Leanne Sternalski-Goodman and Daniella Sternalski-Gobey will brave searing temperatures dressed as dinosaurs for a livestreamed yoga session to raise cash for cats in need.
The 35-year-olds were inspired by Ralph the Rex, a Facebook page where people dress up in dinosaur costumes and do funny activities, and have previously completed a dino dance-off and dino...
Unwanted feline OAPs are sitting unloved on the shelf while the bright young kittens are quickly snapped up, according to adoption figures from a national cat charity.
Cats Protection reveals that older cats aged 11+ take an average of one month to find a new home - over three times as long as kittens who take just eight days.
An owner whose cat died from suspected antifreeze poisoning has joined Cats Protection's campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of the product to cats.
Eighteen-month-old Missy is thought to have swallowed antifreeze near her home in Skipton, North Yorkshire, before becoming severely unwell.
Her distraught owner Ann Bolland said: "I realised something was wrong when...
Plans for Cats Protection's trailblazing adoption centre in Exeter have been revealed and given the green light to proceed this summer, featuring pioneering facilities for cats, staff and visitors, including an enrichment garden.
The first building works, which will see a new adoption centre replace the feline welfare charity's existing Exeter Axhayes Adoption Centre at Clyst Honiton...
Two adventurous cat-lovers are calling for others to follow their lead and swap small cats for large ones by signing up to Cats Protection’s Nepal Trek and Tiger Conversation Experience next year.
Despite living at opposite ends of the country, Julia Cieslak from Cambridgeshire and Shannon Watkin from Tyneside will travel to South Asia together in November this year for the charity’s...
Cats Protection is celebrating the first anniversary of a pioneering online adoption process which has rehomed over 20,000 cats around the UK.
The milestone figure coincides with National Pet Month (April) and the one-year anniversary of the launch of Hands Free Homing, a new way of homing cats and kittens which was created in response to the coronavirus restrictions. It has been...
