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Due to recent account issues, we are no longer able to access or update our Cat Protection Society Facebook page – so we have created a new Facebook page for all of our followers!

We use our Facebook page to update our supporters with current events, communicate with interested members of the public regarding cats who are waiting for a forever home and share updates and photos of former guests from their loving people,

Due to recent account issues, we are currently unable to access or update our Cat Protection Society Facebook page.

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday for a fun and informative day that put Saftey First. And special thanks to our guest speaker Dr Jo Righetti and everyone who donated a prize for the amazing Open Day raffle.

A detailed information sheet on cat welfare, including the benefits of desexing, is now available in simplified Chinese on the Cat Protection Society of NSW website.

The project was made possible with the assistance of University of Sydney students from the Department of Media and Communications, Jiaying Zhou, Yunfei Qian and Xiaoqing Feng. Cat Protection wrote the factsheet in English, the students translated it, and then it was reviewed by vet Dr Eva Tang before being launched today at Cat Protection’s adoption centre in Newtown.

The Member for Sydney, Alex Greenwich MP, has today introduced a bill to NSW Parliament that seeks to remove the legal impediments to carefully managed “trap-neuter-return” (TNR) programs.

TNR has been widely implemented overseas as a mechanism to control population growth particularly among stray cats. This bill proposes that TNR programs be required to have a sponsoring agency that would keep a register of programs and report on them. Only the head of the Agency that administers the National Parks and Wildlife Act could sponsor a program in a reserve or national park.

Members will have received a Notice of Special General Meeting with their copy of Spring Cat Affairs.

This meeting is to consider a special resolution to replace the existing Rules of the Association with a new Constitution. The purpose is to bring Cat Protection’s governing document in line with the new Associations Incorporation Act and also to expand the scope of our charitable feline welfare activities. These are proposed to include a provision to be able to help prevent feline homelessness by providing temporary care and accommodation for cats and kittens owned by people who find themselves in crisis situations.

Cat Protection was excited and honoured to be invited by the Museum of Contempory Art (MCA) Artbar to be part of their Japanese inspired event on Friday 25 July 2014. Pip and Pop featured a “cat café” starring Cat Protection felines.

We need your help to spread the word …

Cat Protection offers a range of discount desexing programs and we are currently running a campaign to remind all cat owners that it is vital to desex their cats.

Cat Protection is pleased to announce the introduction of Flea & Worm Fridays and the return of Cheap as Chips Wednesdays.

By law in NSW, all cats 12 weeks and older must be microchipped. Once your cat is chipped, you can register your cat with your local council and gain peace of mind that if lost, your cat can be returned to you.

Every Wednesday between 12 noon and 2pm, an authorised microchip implanter will be available at Cat Protection to chip your cat for just $30 and $15 for pension-card holders.

We will be spending some quiet time with the cats in the coming weeks.

Please note our trading hours before you come in to find a new friend.