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Website last updated on: May 9th 2008
Lost & Found Cats
Missing from north of the Boardhouse Loch Birsay since Wednesday 23rd April: small grey female tabby cat answers to the name of Treacle. Could be anywhere as likes to get in vehicles. If you think you have seen Treacle please contact Caz on 721217.
Mollie has gone missing. Was last seen on Friday 11th April 2008 in the Hillside Road area of Stromness.
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Jasper is missing! He is a neutered male , 3 years old. Ginger tabby with two distinctive white back legs, a white chest and a twitch in his back from an old injury. Any information, please call Ed Schinkel, 875280, St Ola, Kirkwall.
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Branch helpline:
01856 771642
Please leave your contact details and one of our volunteers will return your call within 24 hours. Please remember that we are a 100% volunteer run branch, with people giving their time freely.
In case of emergency, contact your local Orkney vet first.
Alternatively contact us via email at:
Welcome to Orkney Islands Cats Protection!
Orkney Islands Cats
Protection is an official branch of Cats
Protection, a
national charity primarily responsible for rescuing and rehoming cats
and kittens throughout Britain. Begun in 1927, it is the UK's oldest
and largest feline welfare charity.
Orkney Islands Cats Protection aims to rescue and rehome cats, as well as raise awareness about the importance of neutering and spaying. We are here to give general guidance on, and assistance with, cat welfare.
Donate or become a member!
Please help us look after the cats that need help here in Orkney. If you are considering adopting a cat, look here first. If you can't adopt, please consider giving us a donation or become a member of OICP for just £5.00 a year or £15.00 for a whole family!
We always have older cats that need to be homed. Please consider adopting an older cat - older cats have many advantages! Read more here...>>
From just £4 a month
you can sponsor a cat cabin, which will
benefit cat-after-cat in our care! Please
click here for more info, and how to get involved!
WANTED: Fundraising Officer
Orkney Islands Cats Protection has grown more than we could ever have imagined three years ago. As a result we urgently need a new volunteer to take charge of Fundraising as the present team leader has now taken on a different job within OICP. The person we are looking for should be resourceful, with good organizing skills and a sense of humour. You need to be reasonably fit as Fundraising activities can be very hard work! If you think you might be the person we are looking for, or if you would like to help in any other way, however small, please phone us on: 01856 771642.
Fosterers Needed!
URGENTLY NEEDED! Orkney Islands Cats Protection is looking for cat loving people who are willing to foster cats. All equipments, food and litter and provided by OICP, including veterinary care. All you are asked to provide is care, love and attention for a cat that comes into our care until we find a good home for him/her. Interested? Please contact us to have a chat.
Please visit our Ways you can Help page to read more about what's involved >>
Lost & Found
Lost your cat? Found a cat? Visit our lost and found page, send us a photo of the cat and we will add it to this website. You never know who might view this website and recognize your cat!
FREE NEUTERING CAMPAIGN!
Get your cat(s) neutered for
FREE! If you have cats that are not yet neutered or
spayed, please get in touch with one of the following veterinary
practices directly and let them know that you wish to make use of
OICP's FREE neutering scheme:
Flett & Carmichael - Tel. 872859 ¦ Northvet -
Tel. 873403.
This offer is open to anyone on low incomes, benefits, pensions, tax
credits, etc.
This campaign works on a first come first served basis, get in touch
with us today!
Help us reduce the number of feral kittens each year! We trap and neuter feral colonies and afterwards place them back where they lived. If you have a stray cats in your neighbourhood that need neutering, please get in touch with us.
To read more about how important it is to have your cat neutered on this page of Catchat.org.
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Old Printer Cartridges?
We can get up to £3.50 for original HP inkjet cartridges, so please donate your empty cartridges to our cause!! (Please do not donate LASER cartridges, as they can not be processed by us and actually cost us money to be recycled.) Please read more about how you can help on our Ways you can help page.