Can anyone tell me of cat rescue / welfare groups looking to re-home cats or kittens that won't ban me from adoption because we live on a main road?

I can appreciate where some of these people are coming from over the road issue, but we had a cat for 12 years that after a bit of aversion therapy (water pistol) never went down the passage between us and next door which led onto the main road, instead he always went down the garden and over the back wall into the other gardens and cemetery. Other than the road I'm a fantastic home for a cat so do feel sometimes that some of these organisations are their own worst enemies.

Any info would be gratefully received :)

I don't think it helps your cause to describe welfare organisations as "some of these people" to be fair. It made me bristle a bit reading it.

It's clearly going to be a major rehoming factor because of the obvious dangers but if you were to approach a rescue with a view to adopting a house cat, there shouldn't be a problem. There are plenty of cats around that need to be confined for various reasons.

Would that be a consideration for you? I must admit I don't think I could live on my nerves having outdoor cats if I lived on a main road. I'm tested sometimes by my youngest and I'm on a cul-de-sac.

My use of "some of these people" wasn't meant to offend anyone - however you do prove my point a little with the reiteration that where I live will be seen as "a major rehoming problem". If there are as many cats out there needing rehoming as rescue organisations always lead us to believe, would it not be worth taking a chance with the main road (I repeat that my last cat lived to 12 years old and never went anywhere near the road) to secure a caring, loving home?

i doubt if cats protection will let you take a cat if you live on a main road love

You may well have been very lucky with your old cat. I know of people who live on more quiet roads who have lost 4 or more cats after they were hit by cars.

However, the charities have a right to choose which risks they are prepared to take when homing a cat and the majority of them wouldn't choose to place a cat which is anticipated to go outside on a busy main road- and that is their choice.

There are plenty of other ways to acquire a cat which don't involve passing a home check from a charity, so why not explore some of them instead? Other people homing their cats may well think differently of the risks than the rescue charities.

Phone rspca, they dont give a ***** who they rehome to.

I knew of someone who had reserved a cat who lived on one of the busiest roads in sheffield. And prior to this she had 3 cats and 2 dogs which she had bought and sold when she got bored.
Before she collected this cat aI phoned and told them and gave them all the info, they did a house visit and still let her have the cat!!!!!! To me and everyone that knew her and saw the road she lived on, we were gobsmacked!

So phone them (not that i think rehoming an adult cat who is road wary to someone who lives on a busy road is a bad idea)

You could always just get one of the many kittens and cats advetised on here, they neeed a home too :)

Having been rigorously homechecked by the RSCPA to house a pair of feral kittens into a flat, I'm inclined to disagree about the policy. It was many years ago I may add and my flat passed having it's own front door and being on a cul-de-sac but I think it would largely depend on who does the home check. If I were doing the home check I can't say that I wouldn't be more or less picky than the next homechecker. You're at the mercy of a volunteer's point of view I suspect.

It didn't turn out to be the happiest place for my cats, 3 died within a few short months of each other. One to a road accident (how?), another hanged in a tree and the last to leukaemia.

I never intended to get more cats but inevitably I did and it's why I moved house with the safety of the cats in mind. I really don't think it should be an option to suggest that they take their chance in life, just because they're cats.

As an RSPCA fosterer I can assure you that they do not just rehome to anyone. Even a fosterer has to have a home-check, and not living on a busy road is right at the top of the check list for any home-checker.

I think the problem is that all cats are different. I have 2 that wouldn't dream of going across the little road I live on, and spend all their time in my house or in the garden. Then I have Oblee who is the adventurous type and who I've driven past strolling leisurely down roads 2 or 3 streets away a couple of times. People living on there must think I'm mad when I do an emergency stop and run across the road, grab the cat and jump back in my car to take him home!!

The other point I wanted to make is that many of the "catty" people on here who work for the various charities look after these kittens from birth, sometimes bottlefeeding them, and it almost breaks their hearts to let them go to a new home when they are old enough. I can completely understand why they are quite picky about what home they go to, as unfair as that may seem to you.

As Medusa said, there are often cats and kittens for sale on here, and I'm sure you will find one that suits your circumstances quite quickly. :thumbsup:

The rescue organisations have a duty of care towards the animals they rescue and will be reluctant to rehome to somewhere so close to busy traffic, for obvious reasons - and often from painful experience. Yes, they want to rehome as many as possible and as quickly as possible in order to help other abandoned and unwanted animals, but not if there's a strong possibility that animal will end up splattered. How would you feel if that happened to your cat? It happened to one of mine deliberately run over by someone on a motorbike - and having had cats tortured by monster teenagers, killed by dogs, poisoned by a cantankerous ex-neighbour and various other unpleasant ends, I choose to have house cats now and live away from the main road. To be sure they can't escape, I had a mesh screen door built and put mesh over the windows.

Well Katkin the rescue didnt give a damn in my experience which i have stated above did they.