Articles in Cats
Daphne – An Aristocratic Cat
16/05/13: Amazingly Daphne was found abandoned on the streets in Almeria by a friend of the Spanish lady who runs a private rescue home. I don’t think she had been outside for long as her coat was not in very bad condition, but she is another example of the attitude to animals here. I love all cats but very Persian faces like Daphne’s are not …
Maya
14/05/13: Lovely new, recent photo of Maya in her forever home!
25/11/12: Maya is now in Germany. She traveled on the last transport to a trial home, to be the friend of a lovely sociable tomcat, whose last friend had recently died. In the first days the news was not so good. Maya’s new friend was possibly being too attentive, even bringing her gifts of …
Momo & Tiger
14/05/13: Here are 2 more lovely young cats that unfortunately got left behind when their owner had to go back to the UK for health reasons. Their owner, a lovely man, DID care about them and their friend Blackie, and gave a family free use of his house in Spain if they would look after his inside/outside cats. This family it seems were not lovely, …
Lovely Gentle Valsy
14/05/13: Today the latest very good news came from Germany about our lovely boy. “Hello dear cat team. Now I manage to finally write to you. Our boy is really good. He is an absolute treasure and needs quite a lot of love and affection. The whole evening he is either on me or on master’s tummy and cuddles. Even with our Luna things just …
Poppy & Friends
12/05/13: Poppy is a gorgeous little girl, now 3-4 weeks old, who I had the pleasure of bottle feeding for 10 days, after she was rescued from a garden here in Almerimar. She was one of a litter but for some reason Poppy’s mother moved her brothers and sisters and left Poppy behind all alone. The girl who brought Poppy to us waited a whole …
2 Beautiful Black Cats
21:00 Latest news of Darcy is that he is very playful and relaxed in his new home. He is not touchable yet but I think he just needs a little more time to learn that people are friendly, and hopefully his tame cat friend will help him to build his confidence.
12/05/13: There were actually 3 black cats from Pechina on this weekend’s transport to Germany. …
Ellie – An Abandoned Sweetheart
12/05/13: Ellie IS going to need time to recover fully from her almost starvation, but I have just taken these lovely photos of her enjoying the sun. She now has bright alive eyes again, and the mucus is almost gone from her nose. Now she just needs to gain more appetite and weight. I am about to go and spend some time with her as …
Mercedes
12/05/13: Mercedes has arrived in her new home today. She does still have a slight cold but looks fine in this first photo.
11/05/13: Mercedes has been spending her last few days here in Spain on my balcony with little Ellie. She still wasn’t eating well in my foster room, as Princess in particular was much too strong for her, and I wanted her to …
Lovely Dulcie
10/05/13: When I first saw Dulcie at SOS Pechina a few weeks ago she was recovering from her sterilisation and still had milk, so I assume her kittens had only recently been taken away from her. This whole family was taken to the protectora by Dulcie’s former owner. This is the same sad story. Spanish people often do not sterilise their cats and when …
Pali & Her Family
08/05/13: Last night the latest beautiful photos came from Germany of Pali’s babies and this news: “On Friday all will have their last medical, so we hope all now are healthy and we can starte in one or two weeks with the vaccinations.
The turtle cat is Yvonne (called Vivi) she has birthday together with my Yvonne the other babys have a birthday with my fostercat …
Little Polly
07/05/13: Polly is a little darling of a cat, found badly injured and taken to SOS Pechina. She is now about a year old and has needed surgery on both her back legs which were broken, maybe from being hit by a car. This surgery has been done at a vet’s local to Pechina, and I have been told all is now fine and …
Meet Oz
03/05/13: Meet Oz an Almerimar cat. He was rescued earlier this week from the ventilation shaft of one of our lifts. Mary heard him yelling when she went to get her car out of the garage early one morning. We are not sure how long he had been in there but he was very very hungry, and at some point had scraped all the fur …
Gethan Has A Home
30/04/13: Gethan is yet another beautiful cats that has spent too long in Pechina. I am happy to write that most of the long termers have now been re-homed, and my aim is to get the others out of the rescue in the next 2 months. Gethan is a lovely male of about 5 years, with beautiful yellow eyes, and he is being adopted by …
Fleur’s 3rd Birthday
30/04/13: Tomorrow beautiful little Fleur is 3 years old and we will be having Merluza as her special treat because unlike my other cats, Fleur does not like prawns. The love of her life is Mori, and her second best friend is Oscar. Chris and I are probably next in line, and sometimes she will play with Dusky and Kasper, and even say hello …
Little Leah
29/04/13: Leah is another lovely little lady, of about 1 year, that has been at SOS Pechina for months. I feel very sorry for her particularly as she has spent a lot of that time caged as she kept suffering from a reoccurring cold, and the outside pen was too cold for her. Now she is finally looking healthy and a much better weight. She …
Beautiful Neko
28/04/13: This gorgoeous little boy of 7 months has found himself being prepared for Germany by a private rescue home, and he isn’t even a street cat. His family need to move to a new apartment, and the owner will not allow them to take their 3 cats. 1 has already been re-homed to a friend, and they are hoping to be able to …
Sweet Little Noa
27/04/13: Sweet little Noa is the 4th cat that I took out of SOS Pechina last week. He is about 6 months old, VERY sweet and just wants to be friendly to everyone, cat or human. He is also very handsome with beautiful blue eyes and a cute little ‘bob’ tail. The other stressy adult cats have been giving him a bit of a hard …
Adorable Luca & MaryNury
26/04/13: Luca traveled to Germany on the 06.04 transport, originally destined for a lovely foster home there. However the week before the transport a family decided to adopt him, AND they have also adopted his little friend from Almeria, MaryNury who is also VERY sweet. I saw how nicely they played together when both came for my photo shoot, and decided that Luca was the …
Meet Digby
26/04/13: Time to meet another lovely, 2 year old, boy cat from SOS Pechina. He is now in my foster room along with Princess and Mercedes, waiting for the next transport to Germany. He is showing a little attitude to the other cats but I’m sure it is just stress from having been confined with a lot of other cats. Today he is also more …
Sabrina & Angela
25/04/13: Our 2 little ladies traveled to Germany on the April transport. At first they were off to a foster home together but the week before the transport they were actually adopted, AND on arrival their family loved them immediately. Both little girls came out of their boxes after the long journey with their tails in the air, ready to greet and cuddle with all! …
Ziggy Stardust & Buddy Korky
25/04/13: Ziggy is still doing well in his foster home where he has other friends, but is still waiting for his forever home. I’m hoping these new photos will help people to see what a lovely little man he is:
15/12/12: Today some terrible news that I had feared came from Germany. Lovely Korky in the last days had become very very sick again with what …
Bugsy
22/04/13: Bugsy has now been in Germany for over 2 months and amazingly he is still waiting for his forever home. Maybe you need to meet this little character to really love him. Here’s hoping it won’t be too much longer before he is permanently settled, but in the meantime life he is looking very relaxed in his foster home.
04/02/13: Bugsy is a sporty, playful …
Meet Mew
22/04/13: Mew is another lovely cat currently at SOS Pechina. Like most of the cats there, this gorgeous 3 year old was dropped off by his previous owner, who for some reason couldn’t keep him or just didn’t want him any longer. This is hard as always to believe as he is a lovely relaxed boy, who seems comfortable with all the other cats and …
Beautiful Princess
19/04/13: This is another gorgeous little female, currently at SOS Pechina. she is about 2 years old and is obviously used to a much better home because for now she seems quite depressed and is dirty and is not cleaning herself. when I first saw her about 3 weeks ago she had climbed onto the top of the doorway to get away from the other …
Teo & Tilda
19/04/13: Teo and Tilda DID find a home together very quickly and travelled to Germany on the 06.04 transport. For their last week here they were able to relax in my kitten room with another little female from Almeria. Tilda was a delight and quickly started coming for cuddles. Teo was more nervous but after a few days I could touch him a little. He …
Pepe, Diego & Dino’s World
08/04/13: In the last few days some lovely new photos have arrived from Christina of her cat boys, Diego, Dino and Pepe, along with her new human boy, David. It seems all the cats are very happy with, and love the latest member of the family. Christina has been most surprised by Dino, who is the most nervous of the trio. He is always close …
Lilly & Her Friends
06/04/13: AND today a lovely new photo arrived of Lilly with Livio, the latest member of the family! Lovely to see her looking her gorgeous self. Apparently Lilly is ‘fascinated’ by the new arrival!
24/03/12: AND today a photo of lilly arrived with her Dad. Cute!!!
19/01/12: Yesterday Anke sent me some fantastic new photos of Lilly & TJ and their lovely dog friend Nino. They are …
Caspian
04/04/13: 2 more lovely photos have arrived today of Caspian now Pepe in his forever home. It all looks pretty luxurious for our Spanish street cat, but then Caspian was never really a true street cat. He is used to much better things. His new parents have written this: “Pepe is settled and gives us much joy! He is a dream cat and so naughty …
Handsome Gino & His New Friend Tom
01/04/13: Yesterday I received some lovely new photos from Germany of big Gino and his NEW friend Tom. Sadly some months ago little Rex has to be put to sleep because of FIP. Gino remained healthy, and in January another lovely young male cat called Tom joined Gino in his forever home to be his new friend. Tom actually came from the same private rescue …
Augustus
31/03/13: It seems that Augustus really doesn’t much like other cats, which is no doubt why he was SO stressed at Pechina. He has not made friends with the other cats in his new home, so has now gone to live with the parents of his Mum instead. Here he will be an only cat and much loved, which is I believe is what …
Gentleman Jenson
30/03/13: Jenson, 5 years old, is another beautiful cat found some weeks ago near to the rescue home in Almeria, at the time with a broken jaw. Jenson is now absolutely fine and and also ready to look for his forever home. Sadly he has tested positive for FiV, but this won’t stop him having a full happy life, and, as Jenson is so sweet …
Jonas
23/03/13: Jonas is VERY loved in his new home, so much so that his Dad gave his Mum a beautiful framed photo of the gorgeous boy for Valentine’s day. I don’t have a photo of that but I do now have some lovely ones of a very chilled-out Jonas, including one with his new best buddy. All is very fine in his world.
27/10/12: I …
Crystal, Rowley & Siblings
24/03/13: VERY sad news also came on Friday about Petra. At just 1 year old, she has also had to be put to sleep because of FIP. She is the 3rd cat in the last few weeks to be diagnosed with this normally untreatable illness. FIP is a mutation of the corona virus, and affects a small percentage of unlucky cats. Stress can be …
RIP Gizmo The ‘Devil’ Kitten
22/03/13: Today some very sad news has come from Germany. Gizmo has had to be put to sleep, and he was not quite 4 years old. His Mum Verena took him to the vet because she thought he had an infected tooth, and in fact he had an inoperable tumour. She decided not to let him suffer, and this beautiful boy will now be in …
Worst Horror of Pet Food Confirmed in Spain
A couple of (pardon the pun) food for thought stories to digest (I know!!) as you enjoy your breakfast this morning …. ok maybe not the best idea to read them while you are eating!
Seriously these are horrific!
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Isabel & Olivia
18/03/13: Another VERY cute photo has arrived of our little girls in their lovely home. SOooo sweet!!!
06/03/13: Olli and Isa did travel to Germany 1 week ago, and the news from their new home is all good. They were curious and cuddly from the start which was no surprise as they are very very tame. Only the hoover they hate! Isa is wearing a very …
Meet Oddi
17/03/13: Oddi is a very handsome, very friendly ginger boy from Almeria whom we have also re-homed in Germany. He actually travelled to Germany in December, first to a foster home, but he has been in his forever home for about 2 months now. In the last few days some lovely photos have arrived of Oddi in his forever home and with his special new …
Paul & Newman! Cute Kittens!
17/03/13: Today some wonderful and very artistic photos of these 2 handsome boys arrived from Germany. It is great when adoptants keep in touch, and lovely to see our kittens so well and grown up.
26/12/11: Yesterday I was able to send Montse a fantastic Xmas present … lovely photos of her boys in their new home. They look much bigger and very happy. Not only …
Manchi & Zander
16/03/13: It seems that after 2 months in their new home in Germany together, these 2 are very good friends! Sweet!!!
15/01/13: Manchi actually spent her last week in Spain in my foster room, so I had the pleasure of her cuddles and chatter. She IS a complete darling. She and Zander both traveled to Germany on Saturday’s transport and are fine. Manchi however has …
Morissa & Niebla
16/03/13: Today I am VERY happy to be able to write that Niebla is no longer at Pechina. I collected her this morning and have taken her to be fostered by Miguel Angel. For the first week she will be mostly alone while she is treated for parasites, but she will still be getting more love and affection, AND a foster home should be free …
