Editing Cats Protection (section)

{{Short description|British charity for rehoming stray cats}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Cats Protection
| logo                     = Cats Protection logo.svg
| logo_caption             = Logo used since 2023
| logo_size                = 180px
| type                     = [[Charitable organization|Charity]]
| status                   = Charity
| founded_date             = {{Date and age|1927|05|16|df=y}}
| founder                  = [[Jessey Wade]]
| registration_id          = 203644
| leader_title             = CEO
| leader_name              = John May
| footnotes                = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Cats Protection - Charity 203644 |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/203644/contact-information |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
| area_served              = {{GBR}}
| focus                    = [[Animal welfare]]
| headquarters             = [[Chelwood Gate]], [[Haywards Heath]], [[West Sussex]], England
| coordinates              = {{Coord|51.055052|0.022852}}
| homepage                 = {{URL|cats.org.uk}}
| formerly                 = Cats Protection League
}}

'''Cats Protection''', formerly the '''Cats Protection League''', is a [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[charitable organization|charity]] dedicated to rescuing and rehoming stray, unwanted or homeless [[cat]]s and educating people about cats and cat welfare.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=What we do|url=https://www.cats.org.uk/what-we-do|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227094326/http://www.cats.org.uk:80/what%2Dwe%2Ddo/ |archive-date=27 February 2010 |accessdate=30 June 2014|website=Cats Protection}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.charityperformance.com/charity-details.php?id=12343 |title=Charity Performance |publisher=Charity Performance |accessdate=30 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213043843/http://www.charityperformance.com/charity-details.php?id=12343 |archivedate=13 December 2014  }}</ref> The organization was founded as the Cats Protection League by [[Jessey Wade]] and others in 1927.<ref name="History">{{Cite web|date=2024|title=History of Cats Protection|url=https://www.cats.org.uk/boston/what-we-do/history-of-cats-protection|website=Cats Protection|language=en-GB|archive-date=November 11, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241111005142/https://www.cats.org.uk/boston/what-we-do/history-of-cats-protection|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Edmundson|first=John|date=14 November 2013|title=The Brown Linties by Jessey Wade|url=https://www.happycow.net/blog/the-brown-linties-by-jessey-wade-featuring-ernest-bell-as-mr-friend/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=28 June 2020|website=HappyCow}}</ref> The name was shortened in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.50connect.co.uk/articles/cats-protection |title=Retirement health, care and lifestyle for over 50s |publisher=50 Connect |date= |accessdate=30 June 2014 |archive-date=13 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213030437/http://www.50connect.co.uk/articles/cats-protection |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caringcreatures.com/index.php?do=/caringcreatures/news/cats-protection-uk-july-s-featured-charity/ |title=Cats Protection (UK) - July's Featured Charity » Pet advice, pet care community, dogs, cats, rabbits |publisher=Caringcreatures.com |date= |accessdate=30 June 2014}}</ref> The current Chief Executive is John May.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Buzzel|first=Rachael|date=21 October 2020|title=CATS report launches to aid feline welfare|url=https://www.vettimes.co.uk/news/cats-report-launches-to-aid-feline-welfare/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101030042/https://www.vettimes.co.uk/news/cats-report-launches-to-aid-feline-welfare/ |archive-date=1 November 2020 |access-date=3 February 2021|website=Vet Times}}</ref>