<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div></div><div>Welcome to what may be the only retirement home specifically for OAPs (old age pussycats). With heated beds, sunny sofas, and open fires, almost 80 elderly kitties have a comfy place to enjoy Caturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of BBC (London, England) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-31517333">http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-31517333</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------</div><div><h1 class="story-header" style="margin: 3px -160px 13px 0px; padding: 0px; clear: both; position: relative; width: 623px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Old Age Pussycats (OAPs) offered 'retirement home'</span></font></h1><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A charity believes it is running the only dedicated "retirement home" for Old Age Pussycats (OAPs).</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Lincolnshire Trust For Cats has almost 80 cats living out the end of their nine lives, with luxuries including heated beds, sofas and an open fire.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Some of the cats live there because their owners have died, while other owners have moved abroad.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Finding new homes for elderly cats like these is more difficult because people prefer to adopt young cats.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Older cats can also be more expensive to look after, due to veterinary bills, so many are put down when their owners die.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Trust founder Jain Hills believes the home is unique.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I know of some charities that have a few elderly cats, but they are not doing it on the scale we are," she said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"For cats to come to us people have either got to make a provision in their will, or people come to look round.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I don't think anywhere else does it because people come all the way from London with the cats to come here."</span></p><span class="cross-head" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'I'm a dog person'</span></span><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The home is set in seven acres of land on the outskirts of the village of Osgodby.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's three sitting rooms and they are connected by enclosed outdoor areas," said Ms Hills.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"It's all south-facing which means the cats have a lot of sunbathing options."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The trust cares for about 400 cats in total, as it also has a rescue facility for abandoned cats in need of new owners.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Rather than being a crazy cat lady, Ms Hills says she is "a bit of a dog person".</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I've got five dogs at home," she said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"When you work with 400 cats all day you need to go home to a dog.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I couldn't run a dog charity but I can run a cat charity because I can stand back from it. I don't get emotionally involved.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Old Age Pussycats enjoy centrally heated rooms, an open fire and stroking from staff.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><img src="cid:1E13A171-7EA8-4BF0-AD35-77D0FDC9CF44" alt="image1.jpeg" id="1E13A171-7EA8-4BF0-AD35-77D0FDC9CF44"></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_022115_01.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_022115_01.jpg</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The cats have three south-facing sitting rooms, providing "a lot of sunbathing options".</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><img src="cid:B2DD3EB0-39D6-47FD-AD04-14099F7F2203" alt="image2.jpeg" id="B2DD3EB0-39D6-47FD-AD04-14099F7F2203"></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_022115_02.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_022115_02.jpg</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The sitting rooms are decorated with cat themed items.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><img src="cid:CA00543D-122B-4046-828A-3EC5FFE161D0" alt="image3.jpeg" id="CA00543D-122B-4046-828A-3EC5FFE161D0"></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; text-rendering: auto;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_022115_03.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_022115_03.jpg</a></p></div><div>---------------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>