Cat Rescue & Adoption Centres: Somerset

Registered charity no. 1127289
Bristol and Wales Cat Rescue rehomes cats and kittens to adopters within a 50 mile radius, but can only take cats in from Bristol. All potential adopters are homechecked or must supply a letter of reference from their vet. All cats are treated for worms and fleas, litter-trained, socialised also neutered and microchipped if old enough.
Adopt a Cat: See Cats for Homing at This Shelter
Neutering Assistance: Bristol & Wales Cat Rescue can advise on local vets who offer adopters discounted neutering and vaccinations. See their website for details.
Low-cost Microchipping: The rescue promotes responsible ownership and also offers discounted microchipping.
Golden Oldies: Homes needed for Feline 'Golden Oldies' - wonderful companions for human Golden Oldies!
Tel: 0844 2573525
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Website: www.bristolandwalescatrescue.com

Registered Charity no. 1063947
Rehoming in Somerset. Cats and kittens are available for rehoming to loving permanent homes. The Cat Action Trust works towards making a better life for all cats with a particular interest in feral / farm cats. In addition to the rehoming work, this Branch supports the trapping and neutering of farm and feral cats in line with the Cat Action Trust policy of 'Control Without Killing'. Some of these cats are available for homing to farms or stables and will work in return for shelter, food and care. All the cats which come into the charity's care are neutered, health checked, treated for fleas, worms and any health problems.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: Cats Protection offer a means tested scheme to neuter your cat for £10 at selected UK vet practices. Please contact 03000 12 12 12 then option 2 for the neutering department between 9:30am – 1pm to find out more.
Help! Fosterers Needed: If you have a spare room, or space for an indoor fostering pen, or garden space for a cat cabin and run, please consider fostering cats & kittens between homes. Contact the branch for more information.
Tel: 01406 701 001
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Website: www.catactiontrust.org.uk

A small cat rescue based between Mere and Gillingham, covering the counties of Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. All cats will be neutered before rehoming, and home visits apply.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Tel: 01747 840 367
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Website: www.catsatthemill.org

Registered Charity no. 1167332
An independent welfare, rescue & rehabilitation charity based in Frome, Somerset. Abandoned, mis-treated and unwanted cats & kittens are given appropriate medical treatment and rehabilitation. Cats In Distress also take in beloved pets from owners who, for a variety of reasons are no longer able to keep them. All cats & kittens will be neutered, vaccinated and microchipped before rehoming. Home / owner checks apply, with adopters often becoming Friends of the Charity.
Adopt a Cat: See Cats for Homing at This Shelter
Tel: 07504 129955
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Website: www.cats-in-distress.org

Registered Charity no. 203644
Covering areas around Frome in Somerset, and also Warminster and Westbury in Wiltshire and parts of Avon. On average, they rescue and rehome over 100 homeless or unwanted cats every year. All cats are neutered and treated for fleas and worms prior to rehoming.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: Cats Protection offer a means tested scheme to neuter your cat for £10 at selected UK vet practices. Please contact 03000 12 12 12 then option 2 for the neutering department between 9:30am – 1pm to find out more.
Help! Volunteers Needed: Frome & District branch is currently looking for cat-lovers with some time on their hands, even if it's only a few hours a week to help with cat welfare and homing. Please drop them an email if you are interested.
Postal Address: Frome & District Cats Protection, 46 Lower Innox, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2LU
Tel: 07733 390 345
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Website: www.cats.org.uk/frome
National CP Helpline: 03000 12 12 12

Registered Charity no. 203644
Based in Shepton Mallet, covering Somerset, Glastonbury, Street, Cheddar, Wells, Shepton Mallet, Castle Cary. All cats are cared for by volunteer fosterers throughout the area. Cats of all ages are invariably looking for a home, including kittens during the season, and 'feral' cats which would suit farms or smallholdings. All cats are neutered, before re-homing.
Adopt A Cat: See Cats for Homing at This Shelter
Neutering Assistance: Neutering Assistance: Cats Protection offer a means tested scheme to neuter your cat for £10 at selected UK vet practices. Please contact 03000 12 12 12 then option 2 for the neutering department between 9:30am – 1pm to find out more.
Lost & Found Register: The branch run a lost & found register tel: 07833 634087 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Help! Volunteers Needed: The branch is always in need of capable, mobile volunteers with a phone and car. If you would like to offer your help, please call or email the branch as below.
Tel: 01749 850660
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Website: www.cats.org.uk/glastonbury
National CP Helpline: 03000 12 12 12

Registered Charity no. 203644
Covering Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Paulton, Peasedown, Coleford and the surrounding areas. This small, dedicated branch helps to rehome over 100 cats each year, the cats are cared for in foster homes.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: Cats Protection offer a means tested scheme to neuter your cat for £10 at selected UK vet practices. Please contact 03000 12 12 12 then option 2 for the neutering department between 9:30am – 1pm to find out more.
Tel: 01761 841 004
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Website: www.cats.org.uk/midsomer
National CP Helpline: 03000 12 12 12

Registered Charity no. 203644
Covering Taunton, Minehead, Watchet, Williton, and surrounding areas. The branch supports needy cats and offers advice and promotes early neutering. All cats will be neutered prior to rehoming (where over 4 months) and homing visits will be carried out for potential new homes
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: Cats Protection offer a means tested scheme to neuter your cat for £10 at selected UK vet practices. Please contact 03000 12 12 12 then option 2 for the neutering department between 9:30am – 1pm to find out more.
Lost & Found Register: The branch run a lost & found register, and feature photos of lost and found cats on their website, linked below.  
Tel: 03452 602 397
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Website: www.cats.org.uk/taunton
National CP Helpline: 03000 12 12 12

Registered Charity no. 203644
Rescuing and rehoming stray and unwanted cats in postcode areas: BS20, BS21, BS22, BS23, BS24, BS25, BS26, BS29, BS48, BS49, TA8, TA9. To help alleviate the problem of unwanted cats, they also offer information and advice about responsible cat ownership and promote neutering as the only effective solution.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes
Neutering Assistance: Cats Protection offer a means tested scheme to neuter your cat for £10 at selected UK vet practices. Please contact 03000 12 12 12 then option 2 for the neutering department between 9:30am – 1pm to find out more.
Help! Foster Carers needed: The branch would love to hear from anyone who may be willing to become a cat fosterer. There is a waiting list of cats needing to come in, so extra foster homes are always welcome!
Help! Pen Sponsors Needed: You can also help the endless stream of needy cats by sponsoring a cat pen.
Postal Address: PO Box 530, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, BS23 8TX.
General enquiries, ferals & neutering Tel: 0345 371 2066
Cat rehoming & cat adoption Tel: 0345 371 2065
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Website: www.cats.org.uk/westonsm
National CP Helpline: 03000 12 12 12

Registered Charity no. 203644
Covering Yeovil area including Ilchester, Somerton, Langport, Chard, Crewkerne, Ilminster, Martock, South Petherton, Stoke-sub-Hamdon and many other villages. Rescuing and rehoming cats and kittens, the branch neuters cats prior to rehoming, where age appropriate.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: Cats Protection offer a means tested scheme to neuter your cat for £10 at selected UK vet practices. Please contact 03000 12 12 12 then option 2 for the neutering department between 9:30am – 1pm to find out more.
Lost & Found Register: The branch run a lost & found register, and feature photos of lost and found cats on their website, linked below.
Help! Fosterers needed: Yeovil & District CP is in need of more short term foster homes. All expenses are met by the branch, so please give them a call if you would like to volunteer.
Please Note: This branch is currently running on limited resources, please be patient when making contact. If you have an urgent enquiry, please call the National CP Helpline: 03000 12 12 12
Branch Tel: 01935 412755
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Website: www.cats.org.uk/yeovil
National CP Helpline: 03000 12 12 12

Registered Charity no. 1164350
Covering a 40 mile radius of Chard. Ferne Animal Sanctuary provides care and refuge for unwanted domestic & farm animals. The animals are at Ferne Sanctuary because they have been neglected or are unwanted, or because of the circumstantial changes of their owners. All animals are given the care, attention & TLC they need to enjoy a happy life while they are at Ferne. Cats will be neutered before rehoming, and adopters that home kittens are required to bear the cost of neutering them when they reach a suitable age. Home checks apply prior to adoption.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Rescue Centre: Ferne Animal Sanctuary, Wambrook, Chard, Somerset, TA20 3DH.
Tel: 01460 65214
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Website: www.ferneanimalsanctuary.org

Registered Charity no. 287194
Covering a 30 mile radius of Shepton Mallet. Happy Landing Animal Shelter rescues and rehomes cats, dogs, other small domestics (not rodents) and farm animals. The rescue requires pre-home checks and has a post-home care and support policy. Happy Landings operates a non-destruction policy.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the rehoming centre as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Rehoming Centre: Pye Hill, Pylle, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6TG
Tel: 01749 860350
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Website: www.happy-landings.org.uk

Covering Bristol, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. HEART’s aim is to find secure new homes for animals that have been abandoned or whose owners can no longer care for them. They help dogs, cats, rabbits, horses, goats and many other animals throughout the South West.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Tel: 0117 382 4351
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Website: www.heartrescue.org.uk

Registered Charity no. 294606
Covering Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Rescuing and rehoming around 800 animals each year. No animal is put to sleep unless advised by a Vet. Adoption fees help towards the cost of microchipping, vaccination and neutering the animals prior to rehoming (those too young to be neutered are rehomed with a neutering agreement).
Adopt a Cat: See Cats for Homing at This Shelter
Rehoming Centre: Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary, Wild Country Lane, Barrow Gurney, Bristol, BS48 3SE.
Tel: 01275 474719
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Website: www.hollyhedge.org.uk

Registered Charity No: 1170534
A small animal rescue based in Bristol, rescuing and rehoming unwanted cats & kittens in the Bristol and North Somerset area. All cats old enough will be neutered, or rehomed with a discounted voucher if too young.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the rescue as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Tel: 07811 699176
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Registered Charity no. 4914413 
Based in Martock. The Phoenix Sanctuary takes in injured wild animals and releases them back to the wild whenever possible, otherwise they may live out their lives in the safe surroundings of the sanctuary. They also help to rehome unwanted and abandoned pets to loving new homes, and any unhomeable animals live out their lives at the sanctuary. No healthy animal is ever destroyed. The Sanctuary promotes responsible pet keeping and wildlife awareness.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the sanctuary as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Rescue Sanctuary: 74 Steppes Meadow, Martock, Somerset, TA12 6EN.
Tel: 01935 824848
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Website: www.phoenixpaws.org.uk

Registered Charity no. 205594
Based in Bath. Bath Cats and Dogs Home is one of the largest re-homing centres in the UK with over 3,000 unwanted cats, dogs and small animals relying upon them every year. Rehabilitating and rehoming cats and dogs from strays, pregnant ferals or handovers, where a person is no longer able to keep their pet.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Rescue Shelter: The Avenue, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AZ. (Open: 11am - 1pm daily)
Tel: 01225 787321
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Website: www.bathcatsanddogshome.org.uk
Cruelty Line: 0300 1234 999 (7am to 10pm), or for advice visit: RSPCA Help & Advice

Registered Charity no. 205284
Covering from Nailsea down to Woolavington and across to Wells. The branch rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes a huge variety of animals from lots of different circumstances.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Rescue Shelter: Brent Knoll Animal Centre: Brent Road, Brent Knoll, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4BL. (Open: 11am - 1pm and 2pm - 4.30pm daily, closed Monday.)
Tel: 01278 782671
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Website: www.rspcanorthsomerset.org.uk
Cruelty Line: 0300 1234 999 (7am to 10pm), or for advice visit: RSPCA Help & Advice

Registered Charity no. 264783
Covering Soth East somerset. This branch rehomes mostly through St Giles Kennels, Wrantage. Taunton TA3 6DJ - but they do have a few foster pens for kittens or emergencies. The branch carries out a lot of welfare work in the area, and is always in need of donations and extra helpers. The branch run a small foster cattery unit near Yeovil where all cats and kittens are assessed and prepared for rehoming by a number of dedicated volunteers. Cats are neutered, microchipped and vaccinated before they are rehomed.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Help! Fosterers and Volunteers Needed: If you might like to volunteer your help, please email the branch as below. They would particularly like to hear from anyone experienced with feral cats.
Tel: 07885 295208
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Website: www.rspca.org.uk/local/south-east-somerset-branch
Cruelty Line: 0300 1234 999 (7am to 10pm), or for advice visit: RSPCA Help & Advice

Registered Charity no. 205655
Based in Taunton. Pets in need of loving homes are housed at St Giles Kennels, Wrantage. All animals are health checked, neutered, microchipped and vaccinated (where appropriate) before they are rehomed.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Tel (Cat Adoption): 01823 490333
Tel (General Enquiries): 01823 253729
Website: www.rspca.org.uk/local/south-west-somerset
Cruelty Line: 0300 1234 999 (7am to 10pm), or for advice visit: RSPCA Help & Advice

Based in Taunton. West Hatch care for and re-home a vast array of animals, from mice, rats, gerbils, etc. to cats, dogs, birds and horses. They rehome on average 2,000 animals per year. The cattery holds 72 cats, and is nearly always full, so your chances of finding the perfect cat for you are very good indeed. To enquire about visiting, or to discuss adopting an animal, just give them a call.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the rehoming centre as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Rehoming Centre: West Hatch, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 5RT. Opening times: 11am to 3pm, Closed Wednesday.
Tel: 0300 123 0747
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Website: www.rspca.org.uk/local/west-hatch
Cruelty Line: 0300 1234 999 (7am to 10pm), or for advice visit: RSPCA Help & Advice

Based in Wincanton. A non-profit organisation improving the life of unwanted animals. The rescue takes in animals of all shapes and sizes; cats, dogs, rabbits, horses, and farm animals, and finds them loving new homes. The organisation is volunteer-run and is reliant on the generosity of the public to fund their work
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Rescue & Rehoming Centre: Balsam Farm, Common Lane, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 9RB
Tel: 01963 32279
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Website: somersetanddorsetanimalrescue.co.uk

Registered Charity no. 1136251
Based in the village of Wrantage, just outside Taunton. Initially a dog rescue, they now also rescue and rehome cats and kittens in Somerset (and further afield if a homecheck can be arranged). Cats are wormed, neuteured and vaccinated, and homechecks are carried out.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Rescue Centre: St Giles Kennels and Cattery, Wrantage, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 6DJ.
Open 6 days a week, closed Wednesday (excluding some bank holidays) 10am – 12pm & 2pm – 4pm.
Tel: 01823 490333
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Website: www.stgilesanimalrescue.co.uk