Cat lovers throughout the UK are being invited to appoint their furry associates for the most important occasion within the feline 12 months – the National Cat Awards.
Run by the charity Cats Protection, the annual occasion celebrates the nation’s most marvellous moggies, with heart-warming tales of devotion, braveness and companionship.
This 12 months’s occasion additionally contains a new Cat Colleagues class to honour the feline heroes who’ve helped their house owners alter to working from residence, or have made going to work somewhat simpler in the course of the pandemic.
Entries are open till midday on Thursday 10 March for house owners to appoint their cat in one among 4 classes:
- Cat Colleagues – Cats who deliver pleasure to the office or make working from residence a pleasure
- Most Caring Cat – Cats that positively influence an individual’s well being or wellbeing
- Furr-ever Friends – Tales of friendship between kids and cats
- Outstanding Rescue Cat – Fabulous felines adopted from animal charities
Helping to launch the awards, cat lover and BBC climate presenter Owain Wyn Evans mentioned: “I’m an enormous fan of cats, not simply because they’re such wonderful animals, but additionally due to the extremely optimistic influence they will have on individuals’s lives. It’s such an honour to be serving to launch the National Cat Awards, and I actually hope this nationwide celebration of our feline associates will encourage extra individuals to welcome a cat into their lives.”
Cats Protection’s Awards organiser Kate Bunting mentioned: “Over the previous two years, the UK’s pet cats have performed an much more essential position in our lives – whether or not it’s conserving the children’ firm throughout residence education, being a companion for individuals dwelling alone in lockdown or just being there throughout occasions of uncertainty.
“From chilled out cats that present consolation and help, to the mischievous moggies that make us smile, cats undoubtedly have a particular place within the hearts and houses of thousands and thousands of individuals. We’re thrilled to as soon as once more be internet hosting our National Cat Awards and are trying ahead to sharing many great tales of moggy marvelousness!
“We hope that by celebrating a few of the UK’s most unimaginable cats we’ll encourage extra individuals to think about adopting a cat in 2022.”
Winners can be chosen by a panel of superstar cat lovers earlier than being introduced at a star-studded ceremony at London’s Savoy Hotel on 4 August 2022.
The winner of the National Cat of the Year will inherit the title from Minty, a three-legged moggy from Holywell, Wales, who helped six-year-old Connor Raven address extreme studying difficulties and medical situations.
To nominate your cat, or for additional details about the Awards, go online to www.cats.org.uk/national-cat-awards from Tuesday 11 January.
To discover out extra about adopting a cat from Cats Protection, go to www.cats.org.uk/adopt-a-cat
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