Angela is a pregnant queen, about 15 months old. She isn't ready for homing yet due to her pregnancy, but she is very sweet. She came in with her son, Tiger.
Tiger is a 6 month old tomcat. He is not yet chipped or neutered, and was brought in alongside his mother.
Pippin is an unneutered tomcat. He is shy, but can be petted if you are gentle and patient. Pippin was rescued from someone's garden where he had been living, alongside a queen and her kittens.
Kevin was rescued from Gateshead, where he had been living on the street and being fed by a concerned loca. He is quiet but very friendly, loving, and great with other cats. He has been neutered and we've had him fitted with a microchip.
Though some integration of adult cats is successful, all too often the homings are less than perfect and there is a lack of harmony all round.
It is not our policy to home cats into settings where there is a real chance of tension and we do not ever wish to ruin the quality of lives of cats already living happily in a home where their lives are spoilt by the arrival of our cats.
Also, we never wish to see the home-lives of people impaired by too many cats, who are hostile towards each other.
The Westgate Ark maxim is that if you have a happy cat or cats in your home then why risk upsetting the apple cart?
If it ain't broken, then don't fix it!