£1.7 million cat adoption centre

[quote quote=137908]I do wonder what is deemed a suitable home though. I know a couple, living in a quiet, respectable suburb of Wrexham who were turned down many years ago for taking a cat because they had children. They fortunately managed to have one from elsewhere which lived to a ripe old age in the centre of a loving family. What is the criteria for homing a cat I wonder.

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I don’t know what the criteria are for rehoming a cat – perhaps it depends on the particular cat and on the impression made by the prospective adoptee. I’m sure they make mistakes sometimes in deciding who can and can’t have a pet, but I do think they are at all times striving for the best interests of the cat.
I’ve adopted pets in the past, though personally not from Cats Protection. I had to go through home checks. One shelter told me straight off that I was too far away and the journey from shelter to my home would be too stressful for the animal – yet I went on to adopt from another shelter that was even further away from me. Because of the distance they could not come round to do a home check beforehand, so they asked for photos of my home and sent me a list of questions.
I sometimes drop off donations to Cats Protection on Madeira Hill, and they always encourage me to go and see the cats. They are very well looked after – their enclosures are clean and well-kept. It certainly gives me confidence that the cats in their care are very well cared for and cared about. It’s heart breaking to know that these cats don’t have homes.