Category Archive: News

Thank you

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On behalf of Whinnybank Cat Sanctuary, Sue Hancock would like to say a big thank you to the family of the late Elizabeth Boyne for their kind donation which was collected at her… Continue reading

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Sue’s health hasn’t great this year – she now feels the cold more and couldn’t understand why she was getting so tired. It turns out that she is anaemic, having had lots of nosebleeds… Continue reading

WANTED

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Jam Jars (standard size only)

Whinnybank News

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To bring people up to date with the license situation, although Sue has paid the license fee there is still a lot of work to be done at WB before it will comply… Continue reading

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We have a beautiful black and white fluffy girl, Daisy,nearly 6 years old, whose owner died in March and her friend brought Daisy up to Whinnybank. The first 3 weeks here she was… Continue reading

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Sue had a phone call last Wednesday evening from a lady who was distressed to find 4 wee kittens at her door. She was unaware that her fluffy cat was pregnant, but if… Continue reading

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The materials for our new isolation block arrived as planned. Sue is so grateful to the workmen who are building it in their spare time, so it will take a while for it… Continue reading

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We have paid for our License from Fife Council – now we need to make Whinnybank what they require. We have ordered all the materials for our isolation block, which will be delivered… Continue reading

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All the rescues are full at the moment – we feel helpless until our license is sorted at Whinnybank, however the licensing people have said that they realise it will take a while to sort… Continue reading

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The licensing people have recently visited Whinnybank. They have condemned the barn for many reasons! The money kindly donated by our supporters will be used wisely to make new accommodation for the cats.… Continue reading

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Sue is being kept very busy with fundraising in Dundee, Tayport and in our Newburgh shop. She is pleased to report that our shop in Newburgh is very busy – people do miss… Continue reading

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Sue wants to update everyone on how her own cats are at Whinnybank, most of whom are semi-feral or feral. Sue has been working with feral cats for over 35 years – it… Continue reading

Attention

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A tabby tom cat was handed into Sue from Pitlessie with it’s ear mark so it must have been neutered by the C.P.L but sadly this poor boy was not in a good… Continue reading

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As many people already know, Sue specialises in feral work. She is going to be overworked for some time as 3 feral jobs have all come in at the same time. One job… Continue reading

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Sue is very grateful for all the support she has received re Fife Council’s Licensing fee request as per Scottish Government legislation. We have discovered that we are able to keep up to 8… Continue reading

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Sue is getting a bit frustrated when people do not realise how busy she is. Her working day starts as early as 4 or 5am and, after she has been out and about… Continue reading

VERY ANGRY WE ARE ALL IN DISBELIEF

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We got a call from a family living in Edinburgh asking for help as their mother had died leaving behind an 8 year old cat. Unfortunately, none of the Edinburgh Rescues had room… Continue reading

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Since our previous news everyone has suffered with the very cold weather! It got so cold so quickly that we could not take in any domestic cats, only street cats. The feral cats… Continue reading

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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Merry Christmas from Sue and all the Whinnybank volunteers. Thank you for all the donations throughout the year. Your kindness is much appreciated. Also many thanks to all who have supported us at… Continue reading

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Great news – we now have official Council signs asking people to drive slowly by Whinnybank! Sue thanks Willie Rennie for his help. Our own signs had helped but we still had the… Continue reading