Ashbourne Animal Welfare

Ashbourne Animal Welfare Animal Charity Ashbourne Animal Welfare, registered charity number 1014249, is dedicated to the rescue and re-homing of stray and unwanted cats and dogs.

All the residents have comfortable accommodation, receive the best of care and stay as long as is necessary to find a loving new home. The rescue centre itself (The Ark) is just outside of Ashbourne, Derbyshire.

Felicity! She is around 4yrs old and has been with us for almost 2yrs!! She was originally a stray with kittens… but her...
03/06/2026

Felicity!

She is around 4yrs old and has been with us for almost 2yrs!!

She was originally a stray with kittens… but her kittens all disappeared. Felicity was a worried cat, but she has come on in leaps and bounds since being with us! She is now more than happy to come into the office and wander around the cattery, or even sit close to you on the sofa… however she still doesn’t want to be touched and will run if she thinks that that’s your intention!!

We are hopeful that once she is settled into a home with one on one attention, she will bond with her people and become even more confident around them. She wouldn’t be suitable to live with children purely due to her being timid.

Felicity loves being outside in our cat gardens, and would need a home where she has access to a nice area to go out in - she can often be found watching what’s going on around her, from a garden shelf!

She also gets along great with other cats, and has had many friends over the couple of years that she’s been with us. She would possibly be okay with a friendly dog that’s used to cats.

01/06/2026
01/06/2026

Penny!

Penny is a lovely 2-3yr old Lurcher who has been with us for over 6 months now! Sadly she doesn’t get many people asking after her.

She’s a sweet natured dog, who loves to be around people and have lots of company - she can be quite upset when she’s alone, but lights up when she’s around people. She wouldn’t do well in a home where she’s being left a lot.

Penny can be okay with some other dogs, but can react at others… she would be better suited to being the only dog for the time being, until she feels more comfortable and relaxed. She’s not good with cats etc.

She is very thin, even for a Lurcher, she has seen a vet and we are trying to get her to put weight on, but sadly she sometimes refuses to eat.

Wow!! We can’t thank our followers and supporters enough! 🙏🏻We put a post out on Wednesday asking for donations of kitte...
29/05/2026

Wow!! We can’t thank our followers and supporters enough! 🙏🏻

We put a post out on Wednesday asking for donations of kitten food, dog treats etc..

Over the past couple of days we have received a lot of donations - all of which will be extremely useful it’s a great help for our charity!! We obviously get through a lot of food, treats and toys - so can never have too much! 😅.

Thank you!!

We need your help! We’ve got 40 kittens at the moment, as well as all of the adult cats too! They’re eating us out of ho...
27/05/2026

We need your help!

We’ve got 40 kittens at the moment, as well as all of the adult cats too! They’re eating us out of house and home!! 🙈. We need Whiskas kitten meat in jelly! So if anybody would be able to donate some that would be fantastic!!

And not to forget our 24 dogs! They all get a little bedtime treat in the evening and we are quickly running out! Dentistix, Meaty strips, rawhide alternative chews etc all go down well!

If anybody is able to donate, it would be greatly appreciated! 🙏🏻🐶🐱

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Meet the Waltons! These 7 kittens and theirs 2 mums (Olivia & Lizzie) came to us due to there being nobody to look after...
26/05/2026

Meet the Waltons!

These 7 kittens and theirs 2 mums (Olivia & Lizzie) came to us due to there being nobody to look after them.

They’re rearing their kittens together - we don’t really know who belongs to who! 🙈 but they seem happy and the mums seem quite bonded too… probably sisters!

Zeb - Ginger/white male
Cindy - Tortie/white female (lighter face)
Rose - White female
Mary-Ellen - Tortie/white female (darker face)
Cora - black female
John Boy - black male
Erin - black female.

They’ll be up for viewings towards the end of this week, after seeing the vet.

They’re all friendly, sociable and full of fun!

Enquiries via our online form only… found on the website!

The next litter of kittens we have soon to be ready to leave are the “E” litter! Eric, Ernie, Elliot, Eddie & Eden. Thei...
25/05/2026

The next litter of kittens we have soon to be ready to leave are the “E” litter!

Eric, Ernie, Elliot, Eddie & Eden.

Their mum, Esther, gave birth to them on a shed roof in some ivy! Thankfully a kind neighbour gathered them up and they came to us for rehoming!

There’s 4 ginger boys, and 1 tortoiseshell girl… who looks just like her mum! Eric is the more pale (thinner striped) ginger on the left.. the other 3 look pretty much identical!

Enquiries via our online form only (found on the website!).

The flowers! Poppy, Daisy, Primrose, Tulip & Pansy These 5 little girls came to us with their Mum, Rosie after being fou...
24/05/2026

The flowers!

Poppy, Daisy, Primrose, Tulip & Pansy

These 5 little girls came to us with their Mum, Rosie after being found in a shed!

They’ll soon be looking for their forever homes.

Enquiries via our online form only.

Chips! Chips is a handsome little chap who was born here at the Ark.. he’s the last of his litter, his siblings have all...
24/05/2026

Chips!

Chips is a handsome little chap who was born here at the Ark.. he’s the last of his litter, his siblings have all been chosen and gone off to their new homes!

Sadly Chips does have a grade 1 heart murmur, which may never cause him a problem and it could even disappear as he grows… but it is something any adopters would need to be aware of.

He’s a fun loving, friendly kitten who enjoys playing and climbing!! He will be a fantastic addition to the family!

Enquiries via our online form…

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Wyaston Road
Ashbourne
DE61NB

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