Bring Guinness and Branston home!

Hi, this year for my birthday I would like to ask you to help me bring home 2 kittens that were left to die in a field in Crete.

Guinness & Branston are 2 girl kittens that have had a very rough start in life. While on holiday, we found them barely able to move and severely malnourished - left to die in the scorching sun. They are also suffering from cat flu and chlamydia.

The lack of education on cat population management in Crete leads to people resorting to acts like this due to the huge number of stray cats. Instead of organising a national spaying campaign, they let the cats breed and dump the live babies in bins or fields, away from their mum with no chance of survival. The cruelty, lack of empathy, and ignorance are shocking and deeply saddening.

We decided to take the kittens and find a solution for them in the short time we had left on our holiday. After a couple of calls we came across Jacque who runs The Cats Pyjamas Rescue and she was kind enough to take them in, take care of them and start treatment, before placing them with a loving foster family. When the kittens are a bit more grown up they will be prepared for travel to the UK. This is not an easy task and definitely not cheap. They need microchips, vaccinations, passports, plus a dedicated person who will bring them over. The total cost is approx £500 each.

They will be brought into the UK due to the impossibility of getting them adopted in Crete. The island suffers from cat overpopulation and they are often treated like vermin.

I will be turning 35 in December and I would like to ask every one of my friends and family who were planning on buying me a present, or a drink, to please donate to this fundraiser instead. Material things mean very little to me, but saving these 2 souls would mean the world.

I will be grateful for any donation, big or small, to help bring Guinness & Branston home where they are wanted and loved and will lead a safe and happy life.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart!