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This year has been stressful and hard work with feral cats popping up everywhere. At the start of January, when there is more daylight, Sue will be trapping the 7 remaining ferals. Lots… Continue reading
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We have had quite a few calls from kind people offering to foster the elderly cats – Sue has not yet had time to call everyone back. Unfortunately, these cats will not cope… Continue reading
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Sue has experienced many rescues in her lifetime and one day, when she has time (LOL), she would like to put it all in a book. The latest one was on farmland at… Continue reading
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Well, what a weekend Sue has had!! Saturday morning brought a major flood to the Sanctuary – Sue thought they had avoided it, being higher up, but all the water from the higher… Continue reading
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Thank you to the kind people who follow us on our Facebook page and came to see us in Dundee and St Andrews. The weather on Friday 11th November prevented us from being… Continue reading
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Sue thanks everyone for their kind birthday wishes! She has always said to herself that when she is 80 she will retire from new cats coming in and just enjoy caring for the… Continue reading
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The kittens Sue caught last week are being a lot of hard work for kitten fosterer Linda. As they are only 4 weeks old, not only does she have to feed the hungry… Continue reading
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Sue found the last litter of kittens at Annsmuir caravan park near Ladybank – at 4 weeks old they will be hand reared so they don’t turn feral like the others. The mum… Continue reading
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This year we are really feeling the impact of COVID as there are many feral and strays who were not reported in their first year. We believe this was mainly due to people… Continue reading
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We are, at last, getting some of the older cats into new homes. We do have one lovely young male called Wilson who has been at Whinnybank for 4 months and keeps being… Continue reading
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Heather Vets have put a plan in place to get the many feral teenagers at Whinnybank neutered. Mairi, Heather’s locum, will spend a whole day 2 weeks running to get them all done.… Continue reading
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We feel the need to make it known that Sue is inundated with feral work just now – she currently has 28 ferals at Whinnybank who are waiting to be neutered, with at… Continue reading
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Rain at last!! Our two ponds have brought in wildlife that we don’t normally see and two badger cubs have been enjoying the cat biscuits as the ground has been too hard to… Continue reading
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So far this year, there have been 3 separate instances of cats escaping and disappearing from camper vans whilst their owners had taken them on holiday with them. Why? If you have a… Continue reading
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Sue has had many calls from people concerned their cats are not eating in this extreme heat – she recommends giving them plenty of fresh water – they will eat more once the… Continue reading
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Sue regularly gets calls reporting sightings of mum cats and their kittens. Sadly, the kittens are usually too old to tame by the time they are out hunting with mum. So if anyone… Continue reading
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Sue has been very busy sorting out 4 lots of cats and kittens that have been born outside in Cupar, Leven, Glenrothes and Kelty. The ones in Kelty are being sorted out tonight… Continue reading
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The story of the pregnant mum from Dundee sadly ended in tears. She gave birth to 5 kittens but then became very unwell. The vet nurses came to the rescue and are hand-rearing… Continue reading
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Over the years, Dundee Council have very kindly let us book the Murraygate (outside Bet Fred) in Dundee for fundraising – we are there the last Thursday and Friday of the month when… Continue reading
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Sue wishes to thank Helen (who comes to Whinnybank every Wednesday to help with the cats) and her husband Douglas for spending a good part of last Sunday doing odd jobs that had… Continue reading