Can you give a cat a good home this Christmas?Can you give a cat a good home this Christmas?
Can you give a cat a good home this Christmas?

Can you find a place in your heart - and home - for these lonely cats?

Too old, too shy, too much work, and even too black - these are the reasons these poor rescue cats have been unable to find loving homes of their own.

The Blackpool Gazette has teamed up with Furry Tails cat rescue and the Homeward Bound group in an effort to find good homes for these tough-to-love felines, who have been consistently overlooked by prospective owners.

Lynn Vickers, of the Furry Tails rescue on Stockydale Road, said: "During the past year we had to close the rescue while Covid-19 was going on, and so we weren't able to rehome any of our cats, while new cats were still coming in.

"Unfortunately, many people who want cats want little kittens. By the time a cat reaches five or six they're thought of as being too old, and if they're 12 or 13 people just don't want to know. If these cats could get a home for Christmas, it would be the best present. All we want is to see them in a good home."

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