Second Chance - Hartlepool Cat Rescue

23/10/2026

UPDATE - We're sorted for now thank you everyone :D But of course we now have four extra cats looking for their forever homes (we will of course hold them first to see if any owner(s) come forward). ----- We have four adult cats who we've just taken in from an empty house, they'd managed to get theirselves in there somehow. All are fine, although a bit skinny and scared. None are microchipped. All are needing a safe foster space for at least a few days while they decompress and realise nobody is going to hurt them and their food is easily available. Please does anyone have space for even one, maybe a spare room? x

22/10/2026

We are sadly in need of donations towards vet bills :'( We currently have several poor little cats getting vet treatment and our funds are severely depleted. Keeping up with flea and wormer supplies is getting more and more expensive (price of wormer has nearly doubled in last year). Then we have neutering costs and although we have an account with one very understanding vet practice, the others like to be paid on or just after each treatment. We currently owe Vets for Pets Hartlepool Jacqui Paterson's Vets at Marton, and Dunelm Veterinary Practice in Durham. If anyone can pay a little off any of these it would be very much appreciated. Just ring the practice and mention our name. Even a couple of pounds is of the greatest help.
Thank you for reading and your continued support x

21/10/2026

Anyone missing their cat around Oxford Road area?

21/10/2026

Emergency foster needed for tonight for 3 adult cats. Friendly. Need holding at least overnight until we can sort space to hold longer m. Hartlepool preferred.

20/10/2026

PLEASE, if you have a stray cat coming into your garden/yard we don't mind you contacting us and we can hopefully come scan if cat is lost in the hope of reuniting with its owner. If injured we can usually help by taking to a vet. BUT we honestly can't come to every single cat that turns up in a garden, sometimes it's just that it's an outdoor cat and it's looking around for some food or another cat. We've literally been inundated this last couple of weeks with people who seem to think that if there's a cat in their garden I'm going to pop my pants over my trousers and swoop down and remove this pesky cat. Not sure where these folk think I can house all these cats. This week alone (that's since Saturday only) I have been asked to attend and remove SIX cats from gardens, take in TWELVE cats from people's homes that they can no longer look after, and trap a colony of 20 or more adults with kittens. Now some of these are local to us, but more and more requests lately are coming from as far north as Newcastle and Sunderland. We honestly can't cover those areas, we are swimming against the tide trying to cope with local ones.

The whole cat situation nationwide is horrific right now. Every rescue is under so much pressure and especially for the small rescues, like ourselves, we don't have that many volunteers so there is a limit to how many we can help.

Every single person can help in some way though, if they own a cat make sure it's neutered at six months old (or before if vet on board), microchipped (and registered), and please do spread the word to friends, family, workmates, etc just how important neutering is. Believe me when I say there will not come a point (which does worry some people) that there are no more kittens. There will always be more than enough :D

20/10/2026

We’re running really low on kitten and adult dry food if anyone can help please. PURINA (blue or pink) is preferred but any is appreciated. We also go through a lot of WHISKAS kitten and adult wet pouches. Royal Canin GASTRO (wet and dry) is also used now for several cats in our care, especially our gorgeous FIV+ furries. All food and litter donations are very much appreciated, address can be provided for delivery or we can arrange to collect. All rescues are currently in crisis with the sheer number of cats and kittens needing help. In the last 4 days alone we have taken in even more poor abandoned and injured cats. It’s heartbreaking and we’re having to turn some away 😢. Here’s a lovely photo of one of our FIV+ boys Robert Baggins - he came in off the streets and vets intended to pts as he couldn’t be released with his diagnosis. Kind staff from vets contacted us and he’s now living his best life as a house cat, spoilt and running the roost 😻

18/10/2026

Please PLEASE follow the link on here, sign this petition and share as much as you can. Cat rescues are under serious strain with all these cats and kittens reproducing all over the country.

Scan the QR code or type the link into your browser. And share share share

17/10/2026

Urgent vet run today to Clifton Lodge Veterinary Group’s new premises in Brenda Road, Hartlepool. We have Bibbi who is 16 yrs old and was clearly feeling unwell. Contacted staff at the practice and they squeezed her straight in. She was examined by a lovely vet, given antibiotics and pain relief and taken home with her very relieved foster mum. We did worry we might be going home without her 😢 Please keep her in your thoughts tonight and hope these antibiotics do the trick. 🤞

15/10/2026

Our bank reserves are pretty dire at the moment but after our fundraiser Leanne sent over £626 his morning we used it to pay off our vet bill at Dunelm Vets in Durham. We paid off v4p hartlepool yesterday (that was quite a small bill) so just about another £1,000 needed to get us all square. Oh that’s not including any food and litter needed and our usual expensive flea/wormer bill 🙈 Just as a note to anyone who wonders why we ask an adoption fee - every cat costs us £65-£100 for neuter, if any problems that’s extra. Then there’s flea, wormer, microchip, food, litter, supplements, …..We do this for the love of cats, and wish we didn’t have to ask for fees or donations, but sadly everything comes at a price x