Cats Protection, the UK’s leading feline welfare charity, asks cat owners in the south-east to nominate their furry friends in this year’s National Cat Awards, which celebrate the difference cats make to owners’ lives.
CATS do not need to have been adopted from Cats Protection to be nominated for an award and owners have from Tuesday, January 15 until 12pm on Friday, March 8 to enter one of five categories:
- Hero Cat– Cats that save the day
- Most Caring Cat– Cats that positively impact a person’s health or wellbeing
- Furr-ever Friends– Tales of friendship between children and cats
- Outstanding Rescue Cat– Fabulous felines adopted from animal charities
- PURINA® Better Together– Celebrating the special bond that has transformed and enriched the lives of both a feline and human
The National Cat Awards is sponsored by PURINA® and a panel of celebrity cat-lovers will select the winners.
The winning cats’ owners will then be presented with their trophies at a star-studded ceremony at London’s Savoy Hotel on Thursday, August 8 – coinciding with International Cat Day.
Kate Bunting, Cats Protection’s Awards organiser, said: “This event is the highlight of the feline calendar and gives us the chance to celebrate everything we love about cats.
“Every year, the entries we receive go to show why cats make such great pets – whether it’s for helping their owners through times of sadness or loss, heroic moggies who come to the rescue or brave felines who survive against the odds.”
The overall winner will inherit the title of National Cat of the Year from Theo, who helped his owner Charlotte Dixon survive a potentially fatal blood clot.
Broadcaster and writer Andrew Collins, whose own cat Gerry was previously a stray, will be one of a panel of celebrity judges selecting the National Cat of the Year.
He said: “Cats make a house a home and whatever stage of life they join you, it improves everything. The National Cat Awards honour acts of extraordinary bravery, empathy and loyalty. Humans are lucky to be chosen and adopted by cats of all ages.”
To nominate your cat, view: www.cats.org.uk/national-cat-awards
