Haworth Cat Rescue was originally set up by a group of Haworth women to try and improve the lot of abandoned and neglected cats in the area. The charity is purely local, run by volunteers with no paid employees, and receives no head office or central funding. We enjoy a good reputation locally and cover a wide area including Halifax, Bradford, Hebden Bridge, Skipton and their environs, together with the Haworth/Keighley area.

In 1998 we won the Friskies Petcare Foundation Award for the best cat rescue in Britain. Our aims are to rescue, neuter (where appropriate) and rehome where possible, cats which have been neglected or abandoned. We never have cats put to sleep because they are unhomeable - they simply stay with us as long as they need to.

Pens at HCR

We take in cats for a large number of reasons. Their owners may have died or gone into residential accommodation; they may have become lost possibly as a result of moving house; their owners may have lost their jobs and be unable to afford to keep the cat. There are other - sadder - reasons. The family may have had a child and lost interest in the cat; the cat may have lost its "kittenish" appeal; the family may dump the cat rather than pay for kennels at holiday time.

When re-homing cats we take every care that the cat is going to the ideal home. We don't mind if people are poor, old, infirm, live in flats or have other animals. If we have a cat that is suitable for the new home and we feel that it will be happy and cared for there, then we are happy to rehome. We also place feral cats (cats who have been born in outside homes and missed important early handling) in farms, stables or safe factory environments, where they will be sheltered and fed, but not have to cope with people. They pay for their keep by providing an environmentally friendly rodent control.

Feral cat living in stables

Click the photo album to see some of the cats that have rescued and re-homed by HCR.