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Cat and kitten rehoming centres covering Fife, Scotland. Adopt a cat from your local rescue shelter.

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Organisations are listed alphabetically. Please browse through the page to locate rescues nearest you.


Cats Protection - West Fife

Registered Charity no. 203644 (England & Wales) SC037711 (Scotland)
Based in Dunfermline. Cats Protection - West Fife has cats of varying ages in foster homes and catteries, looking for loving 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: Cats who are lost or found in the area can be featured on the branch Facebook page.
Please Note: Contact for this branch is currently through head office, as follows:
National CP Helpline: 03000 12 12 12 / National CP Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / Website: www.cats.org.uk


Fife Cat Shelter (Fife Cat Rescue)

Scottish Registered Charity no. SCO 21654
Covering Fife, and occasionally the surrounding area. Fife Cat Shelter rehomes on average 450 cats and kittens each year. Cats are health checked and neutered prior to re-homing. Elderly cats are harder to rehome, but the shelter will keep them for as long as it takes. There is an adoption fee, which helps towards vet and food bills. Fife Cat Shelter will always try to match cat and owner as closely as possible. Advice is also offered to cat owners about all aspects of cat ownership. If you would like to rescue a cat (or two), give them a call!
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: The shelter offers financial help to owners towards the cost of neutering their cats.
Help! Quality Items Needed: The Shelter is always grateful for good quality items for tombola prizes and to sell for funds.
Tel: 01383 830286
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: www.fifecatshelter.org

Help Fife Animals

Scottish Registered Charity no. SCO23126
Based in Leslie. Rescuing and rehoming dogs and cats since 1994, they now neuter and rehome around 500 animals each year. If you can offer a loving home to one of their animals, or would like to volunteer your help from fundraising to fostering, they would love to hear from you.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the rehoming centre as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Tel: 01592 620300 or 01383 511301
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: www.helpfifeanimals.org.uk

Inverness Cat Rescue

Based in Kinmylies, covering the Inverness area. Inverness Cat Rescue was set up to rescue and re-home unwanted and stray cats and kittens in the Inverness area. They have over 20 years experience in dealing with the welfare and rehabilitation of needy cats/kittens and specialise in hand-rearing orphaned kittens; having successfully reared many litters from their day of birth. 
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Lost & Found Cat Register: Inverness Cat Rescue operate a Lost & Found Cat Register. Details on their website.
Postal Address: Inverness Cat Rescue, 37 Creag Dhubh Terrace, Kinmylies, Inverness, IV3 8QG.
Tel: 01463 226279 
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: www.invernesscatrescue.co.uk

Lothian Cat Rescue

Registered Charity no. SC007631
Covering Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife. Lothian Cat Rescue is a registered charity formed in 1978 to help cats and kittens that have been abandoned, ill-treated, neglected or are unwanted for any reason. They currently rescue, rehabilitate and rehome around 1000 cats and kittens each year. All adult cats are neutered before rehoming.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the rehoming centre as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: The rescue can help with Low-Cost Neutering
Help! Volunteers Needed: Volunteers are always welcome
Support Shop: 23 Easter Road, Edinburgh (Open 10am - 4pm Monday - Saturday.)
Rehoming Centre: Brewers Bush, Cockpen Road, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, EH19 3JH. (Open by appointment only).
Tel: 01875 821025
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: www.lothiancatrescue.org

PERSIANS: Persian Rescue Scotland

Based in Kirkcaldy. Rehoming neglected and unwanted Persians. All cats are neutered before being rehomed. Home checks apply.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Tel: 07517 272654
Email: Via the Persian Rescue Scotland's Facebook Page
Persian Rescue Scotland's Facebook Page

SSPCA - Angus, Fife & Tayside

Scottish Registered Charity no. SC 006467
Based in Dundee. The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Scottish SPCA) prevents cruelty to animals and encourages kindness and humanity in their treatment. Working to continue rescuing and rehoming Scotland's abandoned, neglected and defenceless animals.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the rehoming centre as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Rehoming Centre: Petterden, Dundee, DD4 0QD. Open 1pm - 4pm, daily.
Tel: SSPCA Helpline 03000 999 999
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: www.scottishspca.org

Stray Cat Rescue Fife

Cats for Rehoming at Stray Cat Rescue FifeScottish Registered Charity no. SC051606
Based in Dunfermline. An independent charity dedicated to the welfare of abandoned, stray and feral cats, in and around Fife. Providing shelter, appropriate veterinary care, rehabilitation and suitable rehoming. All cats will be neutered when old enough, and microchipped prior to rehoming. Stray Cat Rescue also carry out trap, neuter and return of feral cats.
Adopt a Cat: See Cats for Homing at This Shelter
Tel: 07748 820868
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sunny Harbour Cat & Kitten Rescue

Registered Charity no. SCO41871
Based in Lochgelly, Fife. Coming to the aid of abandoned, unwanted cats or kittens and to nurse them to health and to find them new homes. Also hand rearing of infant kittens - strict no kill policy. The emphasis is on the education of the public, to raise awareness of sensible and appropriate care required for all cats and kittens. Shelter viewings are by appointment only.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Lost & Found Register: The branch maintains a 'Lost & Found' register for cats in their area, contact as below.
Low Cost Microchipping: They can also help with lower cost I.D. chipping of cats.
Tel: 0300 330 1412 or 07783 639898 (24 hour emergency number)
Email: Via the Contact Us Form on Sunny Harbour Cat & Kitten's Website
Website: www.sunnyharbour.org.uk

Whinnybank Cat Sanctuary

Cat Homing Page for Whinnybank Cat SanctuaryCovering Fife, Tayside, Perthshire, Edinburgh and Stirling. NB: Whinnybank Sanctuary cannot rehome as far as Glasgow, as it is outside their home-check area. Whinnybank Cat Sanctuary rescues & rehomes cats & kittens. Home visits are carried out to ensure each cat is homed to an environment suitable to its needs. They also undertake neutering of feral and domestic cats. If you can offer a loving, permanent home to one of their cats, please give them a call.
Adopt a Cat: See Cats for Homing at This Shelter
Help! Quality Items Needed: Whinnybank is self-funded and relies on funds raised through support shops and car boot sales. If you can help by donating quality goods for sale, please let them know.
Support Shops:
100 High Street, Newburgh, Fife / 22A High Street, Auchtermuchty, Fife .
Rescue Centre & Sanctuary: Lumbennie Road, Newburgh, Fife, KY14 6ET. (Visits are strictly by appointment only)
Whinnybank is a busy sanctuary so if you get the answer phone, please leave your name and number clearly and they will get back to you. Please only call for kittens if there are some on their Cat Chat page - If there are none listed they don't have any available for homing.
General Enquiries - Tel: 01337 840414
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: www.whinnybank.org.uk

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Cinnamon Trust - Homes Needed UK Wide
Cat Fosterers and permanent homes always needed. The Cinnamon Trust (the National Charity for the elderly, the terminally ill and their pets, Reg. charity. 293399) are looking for more volunteer homes throughout the UK. Pet free homes are needed for short-term fostering of cats whose owners are in hospital or respite care. Permanent homes needed for cats whose owners have died or who are no longer able to care for them. The Cinnamon Trust is not a rescue shelter and cannot take unwanted cats in. Please contact the Trust as follows if you could help: Tel. 01736 757900 or visit: www.cinnamon.org.uk

 

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If your rescue organisation is not listed on our shelter pages, you will be missing out on potential new homes for cats in your care, as well as potential volunteers and donors! To get your rescue organisation listed on Cat Chat, or to advise us of changes needed to your listing, just fill out our Shelter Listings Form