Preparations for next trapping visit

Although the October trapping visit is a fair distance away flights are already being booked by our fantastic volunteers. Care4cats just couldn't exist without these animal lovers who give up their holidays and pay their own flights to come here and work all hours in all weathers to trap and neuter the cats we know about.

Our announcement about the visit will hit the press and veterinary clinics in September as we hope to get calls in advance of the trip. There is nothing more frustrating than having to tell someone they've called too late and we can fit no more jobs in. We then carry them forward to February when hopefully we have money to afford a follow up trip.
Many of the volunteers are regulars but only 2 of them are actually from Ibiza. It would be so much easier if we had more local volunteers as the work does often continue throughout the year.
Visiting from South Wales we have Sue and her son Steve. Both work for the Cats Protection there, with Sue having many many years experience. She has been volunteering for Ibiza trips since the beginning 10+ years ago! Now she has roped in Steve along with his work colleague Katie, and Jill...another die hard volunteer who again has many years of working with C4Cs under her belt. Finally Simon comes from London where he works as a full time trapper for Celia Hammond Trust. He's happy to work alone in the more difficult environments and, like the others, he's now been over to Ibiza several times. Together they make up several teams who cover all the jobs along the East coast of the island, and inland.
From the North West will come Tracey, Debs and Sue. They work full time but also run a small charity that rescues all types of animals. Since Debs brought Tracey on holiday 3 years ago and got her involved in trapping here, she's never looked back and is now on a mission, along with Sue, to trap as many cats as can be afforded. They work the West coast and inland, including San Antonio which has a huge amount of stray and feral cats.
In Ibiza we have Kerry, Jaki and Gina who help throughout the year when they can. Kerry and Jaki set up the trapping trips; dealing with callers needing help, organising supplies and acting as liaison whilst also trapping. Gina keep us all on track financially and manages the income we get from the donations made through the charity boxes we have out around the island, plus deals with the vet bills (our biggest expense.)
We'd love more Ibiza volunteers so if you or a friend do have th etime, just get in touch with Angela. If you know anyone who is feeding feral colonies, or needs help in trapping cats for neutering then please email us. We have to work on a first come, first served basis because at the end of the day we always run out of money!