22/05/13: Now I have some lovely photos of these 2 in their new home.
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 …
11/11/12: In the last 15 minutes the last dogs have been dropped off near Hanover, following drop-offs in Dusseldorf, Wallau and Bruchsal. Another transport is successfully concluded and our new van has turned for home. Safe journey home drivers and thank you!
10/11/12: Today another transport is on its way to Germany with 19 cats and 7 dogs. 14 cats are going to Katzenherzen, our …
10/11/12: Time to meet Caffrey the other completely gorgeous black tomcat currently at SOS Pechina. Caffrey has had his passport for some time now and I am determined to get him out of Pechina soon, and hopefully off to Germany on the next transport. He is very very loveable, and a big strong boy. Now about 3 years old he would LOVE a proper family …
06/11/12: Mackie is one of 2 very beautiful friendly black boys, that have been at SOS Pechina for some time. I had already put him up for adoption when Corinne gave me his original details and I realised that he had a name all along. Mackie is actually called Curro, and he is definitely 3 years old, because his original owner registered him and …
05/11/12: Beautiful Frank is one of 5 cats that we have been helping Matt re-home for an English couple who have returned to the UK, taking only their dogs with them. The cats weren’t exactly pets as they mainly lived outside and weren’t chipped or treated in any way. This family lived in the campo and a large number of cats had passed through their …
05/11/12: Almost a year to the day of the last update, I have received some lovely new photos of Prue and her little friend Lola. Lola being younger seems the much more active of the 2 cats, and looks a little character. Prue makes me smile because ALWAYS in her photos she is resting! I think the PAWs girls who knew her well would …
04/11/12: Arial (now Amira) does not have her forever home and it sounds perfect. The news is that she is settling well but remains a diva. She is slowly giving affection and after several days even sat on her new Mum’s lap. She finds the comfortable places to sleep and does exactly what she wants. Certain things she has no interest in, and she …
04/11/12: Today a wonderful new photo appeared on facebook of 2 BIG cuddle girls!
27/08/12: A lovely new photos came onto Facebook yesterday of little Dolly looking very cuddly in her new home. All is fine with her and Anya.
06/05/12: Great news came last night that little Katrina is well on the mend. Her virus and fever did come back quite badly following …
03/11/12: Leon did travel to Germany on the September transport, and after a few weeks in a trial home, where the owned cat would not accept Leon, he has found true love with princess Deisy, and a loving forever home with Mum Flora.
03/11/12: Deisy has had an interesting time since my last update. On the December transport she was joined in her forever home by little claudio from Almerimar, who her Mum Flora hoped would be a good friend for her. Deisy the bitch however didn’t like Claudio anyway near as much as Flora did and over some weeks made his life so tough that this handsome …
29/10/12: This evening has come the news I have been waiting for. Daniela has decided that she IS going to adopt Marli as well! “The wonderful little black cat has her forever home with a nice mum, a tomcat named Merlin as best buddy and Lila, and Daniela’s two older cat ladies as friends. I’m really happy for her!” I am very very happy for …
With the new van ordered (Vauxhall Movano Euro 5 L3H2 – fully loaded) and due to be collected on the 2nd November we need more drivers.
The initial plan is to take advantage of the increased capacity to consolidate the three monthly transports into two, with more capacity and even better prices!
Transport One: the original Germany Cat Transport will still retain the focus but now we …
23/10/12: Korky is now in a foster home in Germany with his best buddy Ziggy.
25/07/12: Korky is Ziggy’s new best friend and from the minute I saw him I knew that this was a LOVELY cat. He enjoys a good play fight like most kittens but with people he is the most affection, sweet little boy. From the first he was putting out his PAWs …
22/10/12: Jerry and Margo traveled to their new home on the 13.10 transport. I have just received great new photos of 2 very relaxed, happy looking cats! “The Adoptans are very happy. J & M are inquisitive, playful, cuddly and follow them almost the whole day. At night they sleep in bed with them.”
26/09/12: Jerry and Margo now have a family waiting for …
21/10/12: Concha is another Almeria street cat, found with her kittens near Montse’s home. I met her and took photos of her earlier in the summer, and she finally got her chance of a proper home in time for the last transport 13.10. She will be a spoilt only cat but this is fine for Concha as she is a quiet lady and was not …
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Off again to the UK with 8 dogs and 2 cats. One of the cats and two of the dogs belong to a lady that has had to return to the UK from Spain and having rescued the animals while she was living in Spain she is excited that she will be reunited with them tomorrow. The other cat …
17/10/12: Kendra is a slightly older lady of about 5 years, also finding herself abandoned by her previous owner at SOS Pechina. She is a tame but slightly quieter cat, and I am very happy that Kerstin already has a family interested in her. I’m hoping that if everything works out fine, she will be off to a better life in Germany on the next …
16/10/12: Coco moved to his new home just over week ago. Kerstin described it as “a wonderful home with 2 dogs and a female”, and he certainly looks very happy all snuggled up with his new Dad. This seems to be another VERY happy ending. Good for Coco!
15/09/12: This is Coco, another Almerimar stray, abandoned close to some apartments, where he was discovered …
16/10/12: I already have news and photos of Jayden in her forever home. It is very easy to see that all is just fine. She is SO sweet and affectionate, it must have been horrible for her at Pechina. On arrival she took a little time to emerge from her cat box and then she started to slowly explore the house. She acknowledged the …
15/10/12: All is very well in charlie’s world:”The 2 are now firm friends and there is already some signs that Stella is helping Charlie to be more confident. For the last few days he is less jumpy when I pass him in the hall, and he is finally again sitting on the stairs to the ground floor, watching Stella playing with the dogs. Stella and …
15/10/12: Yesterday I went to visit Cressida, now called Sida, as a shorter version of her name. She will go back to vet Miguel later this week but for now she seems better. She is still very quiet but she chased a fly while I was there and rolled on her back in the sun. I think this lovely older lady has had a …
21:30: Lovely new photos have just arrived from Kerstin of Misha in her foster home.
14/10/12: Bertie DID NOT like Susi at all so she went off to live with Bettina, leaving Bertie as an only cat at Erwin’s. Now however Bertie’s life may be about to change. Misha the very pretty Persian mix female has just turned up on the latest transport to Germany, …
15:40: Fudge the dog has just been dropped off in Holland which completes this transport. I wish Chris and Mick a safe and hopefully rain-free journey back home. See you tomorrow guys!
14/10/12: Almost all the cats and dogs have now been unloaded. Next stop Koln for 3 cats and then 1 dog for Holland.
13/10/12: Today 27 more cats and 4 dogs are on route …
13710/12: 2 new photos arrived yesterday of ‘crazy’ Indi, and Indi relaxing with Anke.
03/10/12: Indi has now been with Anke about 4 months and with her he has turned into quite the cuddle boy as you can see from today’s photos in the gallery. Anke has sent through lots of photos in the last 2 months and her updates are below. He will still …
13/10/12: Wolfgang is also off to Germany today. This lovely older boy has a trial home with Cony from Katzenherzen, lucky boy. Cony’s old Tomcat died recently, and this sad loss has left a big hole in Cony’s family that we hope Wolfgang is going to help to fill. It is a great chance for this slightly nervous boy, as Cony and her husband are …
11/10/12: these little boys are going to have to wait a little longer to travel, as their planned foster home is now having to take Rasfi and Lyaris. They must move as their foster Dad seems to be allergic to them! These things happen.
02/10/12: Fleito and Archi are 2 cute brothers from Montse’s cat rescue in Almeria. They came to her as small kittens …
04/10/12: Yesterday Kerstin sent me fantastic new photos of Tommy our VERY special boy with his new friend Jerry (previously Thomas from PAWs). Thomas actually travelled to Germany in October 2011 when Tommy and Sock’s Mum kindly agreed to foster this other lovely FiV boy. Then in March of this year Socks sadly died of kidney failure, so Natascha decided to adopt young Thomas, and …
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Our intention has always been to offer a high quality, affordable transport service for rescued and re-homed cats and dogs. Our costs are based on our regular schedule i.e. departing from Almerimar and delivering to the South, South East, South West, Midlands and Yorkshire.
We will deliver dogs to Wales, the North East, North West i.e. Carlisle and Scotland, but this will cost extra.
We …
This is our latest schedule updated: 22 March 2013
We run a three weekly scheduled transport to the UK of 15 cats/dogs.
We run chartered transports throughout Europe depending on demand.
Scheduled Transport to UK
18 May: UK (return departure 22 May)
8 June: UK (return departure 11 June)
6 July: UK (return departure 9 July)
27 July: UK (return departure 30 July)
31 August: UK (return departure 4 September)
21 September: UK …
This DEFRA leaflet describes a summary of rules for bringing pets into the UK after 1 January 2012. Please note that all procedures, including administration of tapeworm treatment, must be carried out by a registered vet and recorded in the pet passport or third country health certificate.
In Summary the current information is:
Is it microchipped?
Is it currently vaccinated against rabies?
Was it vaccinated after it was …
We use a number of regular drop off locations depending on which transport you are booked on.
The first transport each month covers Europe dependent on demand.
The second transport each month covers the UK
Once you have booked and paid your deposit we provide a link to a password protected page on the site which has the actual links and schedule for the transport.
With respect to …
With the new van we have increased the capacity, but at the same time the costs and time it takes to pick up, deliver, and drop off the cats and dogs.
We now need to adhere strictly to a pick up schedule on each trip.
As such we will be using the following, and only the following pick up points for the transport.
Almerimar
Mojanera
Almeria
Los Gallardos (Mojacar)
El Limite (Lorca)
Repsol …
28/09/12: A lot has happened in the last 3 months. Peace was broken at Pam’s when Lisa decided she wanted all the attention to herself and started to try to attack Pam’s older female cats. She traveled urgently to a foster home in Germany in July where she finally seemed to settle down and made friends with the male cat there. Recently Lisa found her …
26/09/12: Mia has actually had a bit of a tough time after her first few days in Germany. At first we thought she had a chill from the transport but she then became much sicker and the clinic diagnosed a strain of cat flu that cats are not vaccinated against. We are not sure where this came from, but I am pleased to report …
25/09/12: You have already met their mothers so it is time to meet these 2 beautiful little siam-mix boys. Liro was rescued with his mother Lila by Montse in Almeria, and Moca comes from close to Murcia, where he was found by Bee and Chris along with his mother Mira. These 2 little boys, both born in March of this year, met in their …
22/09/12: Zachary is a playful, friendly boy, actually rescued by Montse’s vet in Aguadulce. He is now about 4 months old and will be ready to travel 13.10. The vet thinks he may have some Main Coon in him, more from the shape of his face I think. I do love the photos of him paying with little Lala. The latest news is that Montse …
19/09/12: Latest news and photos have come re. Tonyko, now called Romeo: “Yes, he is sitting on the washing table if she brush her teeth, he is sitting on her lap if she is sitting on the toilet and he is sleeping under her blanket if she go to bed… I answered her that he is a good option instead of a man and …
17/09/12: Fergus is another beautiful boy, now about 18 months old, rescued from El Alquia in Almeria. I actually saw a photo of him some months ago, at the time Trino and Trina were rescued. He was part of their group and I knew then that he would find a home easily in Germany. He then disappeared off the streets and we heard that …
15/09/12: And now we have this gorgeous photo of Yeti with his new nest buddy Sunny. All seems just fine in his little world!!!
12/09/12: Yeti went to his new home yesterday and already his new Mum has written that he is a little ‘heartbreaker’! They loved him immediately and after a little time he was happy to cuddle with them. Now he just needs …
15/09/12: Now I have Kerstin’s photos from Mimi’s arrival in her foster home. She does look great. She is however being a little witch to Tonyko who wants to cuddle her AND she HATES the lovely dog, so this will I am sure just be a foster home until the right family is found for her, with hopefully another sporty kitten!
14/09/12: Mimi travelled to Germany …
14/09/12: Octavio also travelled to Germany 08.09 to a lovely home with a safe balcony and 2 other visually impaired cats. All is fine and he is slowly making friends: “Octavio has settled in well. At first he was a very beautiful ornament, keeping away from us but that has changed in the wink of an eye. Now he is a cuddler and charmer …
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Last month on Facebook a graphic description of events at a perrera in Spain shocked many, and served as a reminder to others as to why so many expats living in Spain get involved in Animal Rescue.
For many this was their first real exposure to these ‘killing stations’ as in recent months a huge amount of ‘newbies’ have got involved with helping to rehome dogs …
April was, as planned, a quieter month for us, with Sands going to the UK, and no UK transport until the end of the month. Must say that the break was most welcome and gave us time to recharge and rethink how we want to continue helping the cats and dogs in Spain.
Interesting to see that two of the rescue sites have recently set up …
Allo Allo. Listen carefully, I will only say this once! The last couple of weeks have highlighted both the good, the bad and the ugly of animal rescue in Spain. The good? The passion, amount of new people involved, success stories and increased awareness of the plight of so many innocent cats and dogs here in Spain. The bad? The self centred arrogance, the bitchiness, …
23/03/13: I have just realised that it is a very long time since I last posted on our beautiful little boy. Kasper never did travel to his home in England because Kim, Chris and I decided that he should stay here with us and his cat friends, including his best play buddy Dusky. Our handsome boy is now about 10 months old and today I …
27/03/13: Teo is still doing really well and we have definitely bonded. I think he trusts me now to look after him. For the last 3 days we have had longer walks again late morning, and were even joined by my friend’s grand-daughter the other day. He remains nervous of most things, but stops less on his walks now, I hope because he believes I …
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