Garston Animal Rescue

Garston Animal Rescue, Registered Charity Number 701001, aims to rescue, rehabilitate and where possible rehome abandoned animals. What are feral cats?

Please use this link to donate: https://linktr.ee/garstonanimalrescue Where it all began
The rescue began by chance in 1984 with the rescue of a mother cat and her five new-born kittens who had been found in a bin in Liverpool city centre. This dreadful incident served to highlight the plight of unwanted pet animals across the city and so Garston Animal Rescue was born. A few years late we sought

charity status and this was granted in 1988. Our Work
Due to our facilities at the moment, the majority of animals in our care are cats. There is a relentless stream of stray cats in our city and we are constantly inundated with phone calls from people either wanting to offload their cat or reporting a stray cat or cats in their area. If we have the space we will take in the cat or cats, provide veterinary treatment, which can include worming, defleaing, neutering and in many cases medical treatment for illness or injury. Advice and Information
Although we are a small charity at the moment with limited resources, we do our best to support members of the public with advice and guidance on a whole range of issues, from advice on what to do if you have lost your cat to information on caring for your pets. Feral cats are simply cats who have had little or no human contact. When a domestic cat is dumped on the streets un-neutered it will inevitably breed. A female cat has the potential to get pregnant from 4 months old and will give birth to an average of five kittens. The kittens, who are forced to grow up with no human contact will become feral and so the cycle will continue when any of the female kittens are old enough to breed. Within months one unneutered female cat can lead to a colony of feral cats. Our work with feral cats
We have a neuter, recover and release program for feral cats. We humanely trap feral cats, take then to the vet to be neutered, health checked, wormed and deflead. We then allow the cats to recover for a period of seven days before returning the feral cats back to their original site. We are only able to return feral cats to a site where they are being regularly fed and have adequate shelter. In too many situations feral cats are unable to be returned to their original site; this may be due to inadequate care – they may not be being fed; unsafe circumstances – they may be being persecuted by youths or very often because the area where they are living is unsuitable – a derelict building for example. In these situations the rescue, where possible, will try to offer sanctuary to these cats. This is a huge long term pressure on the rescue, when you consider the care and financial responsibility needed to sustain these cats for an average of 16 years. What funding do we get? We get no government funding and rely on the generosity of the public. Our future? We aim to get proper premises where our long-term animals can run free in safety, and where we can give sanctuary to horses and farm animals too. We also want to use part of our premises to put on events, give talks and talks on animal care, especially to children as they are our future, and the future carers of animals.

24/05/2026

Photos from Garston Animal Rescue's post

14/05/2026

IMPORTANT ALERT ... PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINKS IN OUR POSTS. Scammers have infested some of our posts saying that we've got a Tshirt made of the Lidl cat who had piping stuck round her neck (you may recall this poor cat, who our amazing volunteers managed to trap, and get to the vet, who removed the piping, and the cat was reunited with her distressed owner). The scammers are trying to get people to click on a link to reserve this non-existent Tshirt. This is a SCAM, SO PLEASE IGNORE. We are told that this sort of thing has been happening to other rescues but we have no details of this.

29/04/2026

💐💐💐🌈 ** UPDATE ** LAST NIGHT, the 5th May, we took a phone call from the devastated owners of Cheddars. He had that day been found deceased, and his owners are absolutely grief-stricken. All we can do is send our love, condolences and support to Cheddars' adopters, and thank them for giving him a lovely life the past 6 years. RIP Darling Cheddars 💐💐💐🌈 ** We've just had a call from one of our adopters - this beautiful cat, called Cheddars, who they adopted as a kitten, is now MISSING. Lost in the Penny Lane L18 area. All the usual advice has been passed to our distressed adopter. If you hear anything at all we'd really appreciate any information. Missing since Sunday evening 26th April, Cheddars is microchipped.

26/04/2026

TODAY! We're doing a stall at The Old Police Station, Lark Lane - on now! Closes around 4pm. Why not pop down and visit us - hope to see you there! ❤ xx

22/03/2026

Please support our stall at the Lark Lane Flea Market this coming Sunday 29th March, 10am - 4pm. Come and have a rummage, find yourself a bargain and win a prize on our popular tombola! All funds raised go directly to helping the animals ❤❤❤ xx

15/02/2026

Please come and support our stall at the Lark Lane Flea Market next Sunday, 22nd February between 10am – 4pm. For this month only, everything on our table is £1! We are having a big clear out so come and get some bargains! We’ll also have our popular kids and adults’ lucky dips, also £1 each. All the money we raise goes directly to helping the animals. We look forward to seeing you there! ❤ xx

23/01/2026

This SUNDAY, 25th, we've got a table at this fab event at The Old Police Station, by Lark Lane, come and see us at our table! ❤ xx

01/12/2025

Selling out fast, just a few packs left now. Scene depicts the entrance to lovely Cressington Park, Liverpool 19, on a snowy Winter's night, drawn by our amazing supporter, Paul Barnett. Pack of 10 cards just £5, each sale helps our work 🌔 xx

23/11/2025

In the last few weeks the lovely Bella, Maggie, Smudge, Tulip and Bluebell have all left the Rescue to go to their new homes. We're delighted that these beautiful cats are being given the chance of a happy life with their lucky adopters. Sadly, we've had very little interest in Leslie, who is still with us. This is a fresh appeal to find the handsome Leslie the loving home he so deserves!

Leslie has been with us for a few months now. He's FIV+ which means we can't let him free range or come into contact with the other cats. The poor boy has to stay in a cage here and it's heartbreaking for all of us (so how much worse is it for him?!). He positively craves attention and cuddles, and will cry out to our volunteers when they enter the room, telling them not to forget about him. We desperately need a kind person to foster or adopt Leslie so he can become a happy house cat. He needs to live indoors and needs to be an only cat or live with other cats who have FIV. Obviously, he doesn’t need to live in a cage once he’s adopted. If you or anyone you know could be the very loving Les's hero or heroine, please get in touch. Home check and adoption fee applies.

For more information on how to care for a cat with FIV, please follow this link:https://www.cats.org.uk/media/biwhb0vt/fiv-and-felv-2025.pdf - which is info from Cats Protection, the well-known experts in all things cat-related. And, of course, we’re more than happy to answer any questions you may have about Leslie or this condition. Call 07717 164038 or message us on here, or email [email protected].

Please, please share to increase the chances of getting the perfect home for this charming boy 🌼🌼🌼 xx

23/11/2025

Please support us at our stall on Sunday 30 November at the flea market in the old police station, Lark lane, open from 10.00 to 16.00. The pictures are just a small sample of what we have. We take cash and cards and all money raised goes to feed & care for the animals. Thank you

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