Woodside cats settling into rebuilt care facility

MOVE in day finally arrived recently for residents of a new purpose-built home for elderly and poorly cats ata Plympton animal sanctuary.

- By ABIGAIL NICHOLSON

Guinness, Dotty and Delen, together with new housemate Boots, are already settling into the newly-built Mews special care unit at Woodside Animal Welfare Sanctuary, on the edge of Plymouth.

Their favourite _ belongings, including Delen’s pink sofa, have been moved into the Mews, with the charity now hoping to raise the money needed to equip the light and airy unit with more raised cat beds and scratching posts.

Woodside is one of the few charities where animals can remain as much-loved residents when, often due to age or illness, a suitable home cannot be found.

Now, thanks to the generosity of the public, these vulnerable cats can put the paws up in the cosy, glazed Mews, which has replaced a ramshackle — wooden structure.

Woodside manager Dawn Cornish said: “Last winter we were really worried about the cats in the Mews because they are older and the unit was exposed to the elements. We were afraid that The Mews would not withstand another winter and we would have to close it. The older animal units are in such high demand and to lose one would've been devastating.