Cat charity is urging animal lovers to helpAN ANIMAL charity has been left struggling to cope as they are asked to help 50 cats in a month.
Cats in Need, which is based in the Nuneaton and Hinckley area, is appealing to animal lovers to give a home to a feline friend.
This comes as the charity reaches full capacity - but is still being asked to help more and more moggies in need.
With just 12 foster carers, residents across the borough and in Hinckley are being urged to help by re-homing an animal or fostering one until it finds a new home.
Jane Grundy, fostering and homing co-ordinator, said: " The number of cats that we're getting calls about is just phenomenal.
"In one month we've been asked for help with 50 cats. We're a very small organisation, there's just 12 of us, and we're at full capacity with 42 cats at the minute.
"The waiting list is getting longer and longer and we haven't got enough fosterers to cope."
Miss Grundy, who is from Nuneaton and has been involved with the charity for 15 years, said that part of the problem is that most people choose to re-home a kitten rather than an older cat.
She added: "We've got quite a few long term cats. This means that we can't take on as many new cats while they're in our care."
The charity is appealing to people who are thinking of getting a new pet to consider re-homing one of their five long-term cats.
Lucky is four-years-old and was made homeless after his owner's rented accommodation was sold.
He is quite shy at first and needs an experienced home where he can be given time to settle in. He has been with the charity for almost 18 months.
Fluff and Spot are another pair of long-term cats who have been with the charity for 18 months. They are mother and son aged 11 and nine and were made homeless after a house move.
They need a home together as Spot is a little nervous and is more confident with Fluff around.
Jess, thought to be around five or six-years-old, was a stray who arrived at the charity in a poor condition with a matted coat and bad teeth. She has slight brain damage which makes her a little wobbly on her back legs and she is totally deaf. She is described as a lovely, happy girl who loves people but hates other cats.
Finally Tizzy is a beautiful, friendly young cat and has never been homed since arriving at the charity over a year ago as a 14-week-old kitten.
Anyone who can offer a home to any of the cats or would like to find out more about becoming a foster carer for the charity is asked to contact Miss Grundy by emailing
grundy451@btinternet.com