Mission Statement 

 

Cat Watch was set up in August 2019 after 3 of our CEO's cats came home injured.  Cat Watch quickly came into its own when the pandemic left countless cats abandoned. Cat Watch Rescue stepped in, never turning a single cat away.

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🐾 Rescue. Rehabilitate. Rehome - Every cat is given urgent veterinary care, neutering, vaccinations, microchipping, and, most importantly, the chance to find a loving forever home.

💙 Run entirely by volunteers - dedicated individuals balancing full-time jobs while giving everything to this cause. No salaries, just pure commitment.

🐾 Financed mainly by donations - Donations are the lifeline that keep our cats safe, fed, and cared for. Adoption fees barely cover the basics.

💙 100% dedicated to saving lives - Every donation goes directly to food, medical care, and rescue efforts.
Every penny makes a difference. Join the fight—because every cat deserves a chance. 🐱💙
 

From a couple of foster rooms in a private house the organisation has come a long way in a short time.  Charitable status was achieved, and a network of volunteer fosterers and helpers established. In collaboration with the Tisbury-based ‘International Cat Care’ (ICC) organisation Cat Watch has achieved iCatCare friendly rehoming centre status, and Marnie has the ICC course in shelter management. 6 Pedigree pens have been built to recognised welfare standards with the goal of turning our 2 older wooden pens into isolation pens once funds are raised for essential alterations.

 

Ongoing vision short-term is consolidation of the Cat Watch organisation with longer-term goals of education, aiming to reduce the number of cats needing Cat Watch care.

 

Core Values 

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• Cats in need will be treated in a timely manner, firstly establishing their homeless status.

• Every cat at CWRS is an individual being with a personality, feelings, intrinsic worth and value, and will be treated with care and respect in a non-judgemental, safe environment. All deserve to be pain-free.

• The emotional and physical needs of each cat are individually addressed.

• Cats are re-homed as soon as appropriate.

• Cats unsuitable for re-homing will undergo ‘T N R’ – trap, neuter, release.

• All veterinary issues will be treated in an appropriate manner provided that this is in the cat’s best interests, and within sensible financial constraints.

• Euthanasia is a last resort for un-manageable cases.

• Rescue/welfare cats often come with their own emotional troubles, and sometimes chronic disease problems. Adopters will be given all details of possible ongoing issues.

• CWRS are not a re-homing centre, but may be able to help you if you need to find a new home for your kitty. We do not often have the facilities to take them into the shelter unless this is a dire emergency!