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Homing events

Mayo Cat Rescue will be in  the Connacht Gold Store, Westport most Saturdays in April and May from 1.30 - 5pm and Horkans Petworld, Castlebar most Sundays during April and May from 1.30 - 5pm doing cat adoption drives. Call by and meet your new feline friend. :))

Rescue

We are currently full with 43 cats at the rescue and regrettably unable to take any more at present.  However, we are happy to help you find homes for your kittens and cats through our website and facebook page.  Please forward photos and details of the cats and kittens to our e-mail.  Thank you for your understanding and co-operation at this very difficult time for us and the animals.

Rehome

If you would like to offer a good home to any of the gorgeous cats at the rescue, please see the cats for homes page.  E-mail or phone 098-35920.

Discount spay/neuter vouchers

We are delighted to announce it’s now even cheaper to have your cat spayed or neutered.  Just €35 for a female spay and €25 for a male neuter with our vouchers.  The vouchers are available to everyone, regardless of income or circumstances, to help with the cost of spaying/neutering your cats.  Please either e-mail or leave a message on our voicemail 098-35920 (please speak slowly and clearly) with your full name,

address, telephone no and number of cats/kittens you require vouchers for.  Please note we issue vouchers for kittens also, so regardless whether you are planning to keep the kittens yourself or rehome them (in which case you can give the vouchers to the new owners to encourage them to spay/neuter), please include kittens when asking for our vouchers. These vouchers are in conjunction with McHale Rd Vets, Castlebar.

Because of the current economic climate, less people are getting pets because they can’t afford them and so there are less homes available now. Therefore we would ask cat owners to ensure their cats are spayed and neutered to prevent unwanted litters of kittens being born for whom there are few homes available. 

Feral cats

Our trap/neuter/return service is available for feral cats.  A volunteer calls to the location where the cats are, traps them, transports them to a vet where they are spayed/neutered, wormed and de-flead and ear tipped (to identify them as spayed/neutered and avoid being needlessly trapped again) and returns them after a recovery period.  Please visit www.feralcatsireland.org for more information about feral (wild) cats and the effective humane solution of trap/neuter/return (TNR).

A video (below) showing the fun and games trapping cats! 11 cats were trapped at this house in early 2011 by Mayo Cat Rescue, all were spayed/neutered and returned to live out their lives free from the burden of breeding and no longer adding to the cat population.

**URGENT**  25th April.  This gorgeous stray is coming to a house and fighting with the resident cats. He has already been trapped and dumped miles away but made his way back. He is now at the vets to be put down. Apparently they are able to handle him at the vets, so he's not necessarily wild. If anyone can offer him a home, phone 087-633 6630. He's near the Mayo/Galway border but could travel.