THE HASLEMERE ADOPTION CENTRE
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VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT TO SUPPORT HASLEMERE CENTRE
The Friends' Group urgently needs additional Voluntary Help to support its activities. Please consider assisting, even for a few hours at a time.
Extra hands during the upcoming Open Day would be most helpful. Please contact the Friends Group via the 'Support Us' menu above.
Volunteers to Mow our Lawns and Tidy the Gardens also Welcome.
Please See the 'Volunteer Gardeners' News Item.
Whilst we pride ourselves on the care given to all our resident cats and kittens, the Haslemere Adoption Centre cannot provide the levels of love, comfort and security found in a real home. If you wish to adopt a cat or kitten - singular or plural - we have an extensive choice, as below, all needing a loving home:
Young to Mature
Large to Small
Energetic to Sedentary
Happy to Sad
Individuals, Pairs or Multiples
We aim to match our cats with the right homes, such as families with children, older people who need a companion, or rural homes that need mousers.
The implications of local busy roads to Cats' behavioural characteristics
are a primary consideration for a homing location.
Have you a place in your home for a feline companion or three? If yes, please use the 'Adopt a Cat' link to the left to browse the currently available cats and their details. Individual Cats feature on other pages on this Web Site, such as the News Articles. When relevant, 'Newly Available/New Arrivals' pages are also included in the 'Adopt a Cat' section; however, 'Newly Available' cats may not be ready for re-homing for a period ranging from a few days to a few weeks. Individual 'Cat Pages' displaying additional images, information and video are occasionally included in the same Section.
When you visit the Centre, please come with an open mind and an understanding that many of the cats will have endured some degree of stress or unpleasantness before reaching our Centre. Similarly, cats unavoidably arriving from former loving homes can find life in the Centre extremely stressful. Their familiar routines and surroundings have been snatched away and they cannot understand why this has happened. Consequently, some cats will not present themselves too well on a first meeting. Please understand their situation and do not be put-off if they are not immediately loving and affectionate. Apparently 'withdrawn' or 'unfriendly' cats invariably completely change their personality once happily settled into a new loving home. Please read our many 'Success Stories', accessed via the 'Feature Pages' Menu, for absolute confirmation of such change.
Full details of the Cats Protection Adoption Process are available
by following Link below to the NCC Site:
CP Adoption Process
If you have already made a decision to adopt, only the choice remains, consider arranging for your Home Visit to take place before visiting the Centre. Then, when you visit, if you meet the ideal cat or kitten for you that choice can be immediately reserved. Moreover, if you have all preparations in place and your new family member(s) are ready to be homed, your choice(s) can go home with you that day. Following this sequence avoids the concern experienced by many that, whilst waiting for a Home Visit to be completed, their ideal feline companion(s) could be re-homed with another family.
Please take time to read the information available on the 'Cat Care Reference Information' pages on this site. Particularly the Pamphlet 'Bringing Home your New Cat(s)' - some very important tips contained within. A Link is available below.
Cat Care Reference Information is available via the Link below:
Cat Care Essential Guide Documents
For specific queries, please call us on 01428 604297 or email us at:
Haslemere Centre
VISITORS WELCOME 7 DAYS A WEEK 11AM TO 3PM
CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY, BOXING DAY & NEW YEARS DAY
TO MINIMISE DELAY, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND A STAFF MEMBER
WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SHOW YOU THE AVAILABLE CATS