Cat Action Trust

The Cat Action Trust consists of a national network of branches working to save feral cats from a life of hunger, hardship, and abuse. Feral cats are ordinary domestic cats living wild because they have been lost or abandoned. And they multiply. Kittens grow up without contact with humans and are therefore ‘feral’ i.e. living without contact with humans, and terrified when they do encounter them. They form colonies wherever they can find food – the grounds of hospitals and other institutions, farms, disused buildings: they are the inhabitants of dereliction. The traditional answer to this is for a pest control firm to trap and kill the whole colony – leaving a vacuum which will soon be refilled.

The Cat Action Trust sees this slaughter as both cruel and senseless and is dedicated to helping these poor cats. Volunteers visit colonies, trap cats, have them neutered and treated for any health problems, tame the kittens and find them domestic homes, and return the neutered adults to their site if there is provision for food and shelter. If there is not, they are removed to other sites where there is food and shelter, usually in small groups. However, such places are in short supply and with the help of legacies we are hoping to buy some land to provide a sanctuary where feral cats can live free
Please include the Cat Action Trust in your will.