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The Highs and Lows of Volunteering …………..

Little did Christine know when she phoned our helpline offering a home to a semi-feral kitten, that a year on she would be a pro-active volunteer with an ever increasing “family” of 3 cats and 2 dogs of her own.

Christine has learned many aspects of volunteering including answering our helpline, fostering 2 abandoned tiny orphaned kittens, trapping adult pet cats and a feral tom cat for neutering by our vets and return to his own territory. Unwanted domestic and feral kittens are a problem so neutering is one of our main priorities.

Volunteering for our branch can bring a fresh outlook to people’s lives. The emotion of taking in a tiny frightened kitten, nursing it back to health and then handing it to an approved home is life enhancing. Going out to set and frequently check traps in the depths of winter, wondering if we would be lucky enough to catch a distressed starving cat thereby giving it a second chance on a new life is tough and demanding, yet the rewards of helping, repatriating or rehoming stray cats are well worth the efforts, as Christine herself has experienced. Fortunately for one very timid semi-feral tabby, trapped personally by Christine and overlooked many times by potential new owners, this tabby has won the heart of her fosterer and is now a happy member of Christine’s animal family. Still lacking confidence but with more of the same TLC Lucy has received, we feel she will soon have recovered from her earlier life’s experiences.

Volunteering does not have to be time consuming or hard work – the rewards of a purring pussycat far outweigh the efforts.  We are seeking some additional help to join our branch volunteers including driving cats to vets on an occasional basis; persons/s with elementary admin/computer/email experience to organise informal Committee meetings, liaise with our Regional Development Manager and generally knit everything together to ensure as many cats as possible are helped.  As a registered charity we need to raise funds – arranging.or helping at, a fundraising event might be of interest to you ?   

The Branch was established in 1992.

Location:- Badenoch & Strathspey is in the central Highlands of Scotland and has recently been incorporated into the Cairngorm National Park.

The Branch covers a large  area:

from Carrbridge in the north to Dalwhinnie in the south and from Advie in the east to Laggan in the west.