ALL ABOUT FELINE FRIENDS
Feline Friends was formed in August 2006 in response to an obvious need for a cat rescue organisation in the Sunderland area.
Our team is as follows:
Gillian is the rehoming co-ordinator and is responsible for the day-to-day running of the charity.
Sue is our principal cat/kitten fosterer. She is the liaison for the Wallsend area. Sue is also involved with the trapping and neutering of feral colonies in the Newcastle area.
Anne is involved in fundraising events and volunteers in our shop.
Valerie provides administrative support by updating the website and leaflet. She also fosters cats/kittens and takes part in fundraising activities.
Ashley and Lyndie are involved in the trapping and neutering of the ferals in the Newcastle area. They also help with fundraising.
Lynne volunteers in our shop and fundraises in the Jarrow area.
Paul Wappat of Smooth Radio North East is our patron. He adopted a cat from us and was happy to join our organisation in June 2008.
PAUL WAPPAT
I’ve been a cat person all my life, I think it’s something you pick up from your parents. My Mam (Brenda) has always had cats, and she’d go through fads.We had runs of Burmese, seal-point Persians and even a Cornish Rex once. I couldn’t get away with a curly cat!
My first pet after leaving home was a British blue called ‘Manchi’ from his pedigree name, ‘Mornight Manchi Run’, sounds very native American doesn’t it?! And he was the only cat that naturally brought things back to you. Next I had Tzar, a Russian blue, who was the quietest creature you could wish to meet.
You may have noticed a common theme on the sort of cats I liked? All blue! Well that trend came to an end when I met my second wife Claire. Within the first year of meeting we decided to rehome all our cats in future and not buy from breeders. We started with Tigger, who we still have and love, he’s the biggest tabby you will ever see, even vets are afraid when they first meet him, but he’s the softest thing in the world.
When our oldest cat, Harry ( a she, don’t ask it’s a long story) died last year, that’s we came across ‘Feline friends’. I noticed ‘Keira’ on the website, I fell in love without meeting her. She’s the most special cat I have ever known, and thanks to my Mam, I’ve known a lot. I have never come across a cat that needs so much attention, attention that Claire and I love giving her. I just wish she’d stop bullying big Tigger!
The whole team at ‘Feline friends’ are incredible people, they dedicate their time and sometimes their money to making abandoned and unwanted cats lives better. Please support them in any way you can. You don’t have to re-home an animal, although that would be nice, but a simple donation can make all the difference.