
In a current survey1, 62% of latest cat homeowners stated they’d acquired a kitten this 12 months which is a 12% rise from the earlier 12 months, whereas these acquiring an older cat dropped by 8%, in line with Cats Protection.
As older cats take over 3 times longer than their youthful counterparts to be rehomed and sometimes get neglected throughout kitten season, the charity celebrates #MatureMoggiesDay each 16 June.
This is when Cats Protection shares tales of the senior ‘kitizens’ ready for brand new properties, encourages others to share the fun of proudly owning mature moggies and provides recommendation about caring for older cats.
The enchantment has backing from well-known celebrities together with comic Jo Brand.
“If you’re desirous about proudly owning a cat don’t dismiss the mature moggies, older cats can nonetheless convey a lot love and enjoyable to a house,” she stated. “My cat Louie lived into his 20s and was nonetheless the attractive, quirky boy we liked. Plus, they’re lots much less fuss than a kitten!”
Comedian and cat-lover Bob Mortimer can also be serving to Cats Protection increase consciousness by creating a brand new title generator specifically created for older cats on the charity’s social channels which will be discovered @CatsProtection #MatureMoggiesDay.
Bob, who often runs auctions of his extraordinary cat names on Twitter to lift funds for the charity, has put collectively 24 phrases that correspond to the month you had been born and your favorite color, the results of which supplies you a suitably eccentric title in your new feline good friend.
Cats Protection has a powerful monitor document of rehoming older cats, significantly when final 12 months the Guinness World Records recognised Flossie because the oldest dwelling cat, simply weeks earlier than she celebrated her twenty seventh birthday.
Flossie was signed over to Cats Protection volunteers in Kent and confronted an unsure future however was given a brand new lease of life when the charity matched her to a loving new house.
This 12 months, the oldest cat within the charity’s care is 20-year-old Mia who got here into Cats Protection’s Isle of Wight adoption centre after her proprietor died.
“When you get a kitten, you don’t fairly know what kind of character they’ll develop as much as have, whereas you already know what you’re getting with an older cat as they have already got a longtime persona,” stated Cats Protection’s behaviour supervisor Nicky Trevorrow. “By adopting a mature moggy, you’ll be giving them a second probability at happiness of their twilight years in addition to liberating up area in adoption centres so we may help much more cats.”
Those fascinated about adopting from Cats Protection can view mature moggies looking for a new home on the charity’s website.