Cats Protection, the UK’s largest feline welfare charity, has called on a Bristol property agency to help with its hunt for a suitable location in the city to host a new rehoming centre.
The charity, which has 32 centres and more than 250 volunteer-run branches across the UK, helps around 200,000 cats and kittens every year.
Keen to add to its network within the Bristol sub-region, it has appointed Bristol property specialists Williams Gunter Hardwick (WGH) to handle the search. 
WGH associate director Steve Cullis said: “Finding a suitable site in the central area of Bristol, probably of around 0.8 acres (0.32 hectares), is going to prove difficult because of the pressure on available land from competing uses is so intense locally.
“So we are looking to spread our net more widely to within a 10 to 15-mile radius – as long as the site has good transport links and can house a 10,000 sq ft building in addition to a number of external facilities and car parking.”
Cats Protection rehomes and reunites more than 100 cats per day across the UK and a new centre in the Bristol area will enable it to help even more cats and kittens in the South West.
Charity spokesperson Cat Jarvis said: “Rehoming is a very large part of our work. A large number of cats that come into our care are stray or abandoned, while others are handed in by people who can no longer able to look after their pet – perhaps because they move to rented accommodation where cats are not allowed, they go into a care home, or there is a change in their personal lives.
“Whatever their background, our role is to take these cats in, nurse them back to full health if needed, and then find a suitable loving home for them.”
