Cats Protection guide for practices
Cats Protection has produced a guide specifically aimed at vet practices, in order to highlight some of the issues cats face in the UK and how vet practices can help the charity in addressing them.
The booklet, named CP: the veterinary guide, gives an overview of the charity and its cat welfare work, as well as various information for vets.
It covers both Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) and Feline Leukemia Virus(FeLV) testing, pre-pubertal neutering and feline behaviour, among various other key issues.
Fully illustrated, the booklet also provides guidance on the veterinary care requested for those cats being looked after by the charity, while they await a new home.
The booklets are being sent to all vet practices known to Cats Protection, and can also be downloaded here. The charity also hopes it will encourage more practices to sign up to its early neutering register.
"Veterinary care is a key part of Cats Protection's work and Cats Protection is proud of its good relationship with the veterinary profession," said the charity's director of veterinary services, Maggie Roberts.
"To further improve the support that we provide, we have produced this brand new guide which outlines the charity's aims and policies and provides a wealth of information about the veterinary care of Cats Protection cats.
"We hope the guide will be helpful to practices that treat cats that are in Cats Protection's care or neuter cats with the financial support of [our] neutering schemes."
Ms Roberts added: "Times are hard and demand is high. We hope that by working together we can more effectively use our resources to help more cats."
The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is inviting applications from veterinary students to attend a one-week extramural studies (EMS) placement in July 2026.
