Worthing animal charity's plea for funds

A WORTHING animal charity has made an impassioned appeal for funds.

Worthing Cat Welfare Trust has spent the past 15 years caring for abandoned, sick and distressed cats, organising veterinary treatment, neutering, fostering and re-homing lost and stray cats.

The charity relies solely on donations and legacies, as well as the fund-raising activities of many of its dedicated volunteers, to keep the service going.

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But with an increasing number of abandoned animals, the charity’s costs are spiralling at more than £8,000 a month.

Iris Green, one of the founders of Worthing Cat Welfare, said: “It is proving incredibly difficult to keep the service going with the level of funding we receive.

“We know all charities are in the same boat, but because we are a small service, we often get overlooked.”

In the past few months alone, Worthing Cat Welfare has paid thousands of pounds worth of vets bills to help sick cats.

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Last week, a black cat named Ebony needed urgent veterinary treatment costing more than £2,000 to repair a hole through its mouth, caused by a dog bite.

Two abandoned cats have also recently needed costly treatment for broken limbs and another stray cat, named Willow, needed to have her eye removed because it had a pellet lodged behind it.

“I hope we never get to the point where we have to reconsider what we do as a charity, but we can’t continue on this scale without funding,” Iris added.

The charity has hopes of opening a sanctuary to cope with increasing number of cats needing re-homing.

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Iris said: “Every penny we receive goes on the animals, we have no paid staff or plush offices and while there’s a need, we will continue to do all we can to help cats that can go on to have good-quality lives.

“I want to appeal for people to remember us, and know that a small donation is better than no donation.”

The charity also regularly needs donations of food, and willing volunteers. To find out more, call Worthing Cat Welfare on 01903 202251.