TigerTime – Save the Tiger

The Premier of China, Wen Jiabao has publicly stated that he is committed to saving the wild tiger. However, his government is allowing trade in tiger skins from tiger farms and skins taken before poaching was outlawed. This trade is acting as a smokescreen for skins taken by killing wild tigers. If China does not stop this trade, the wild tiger is doomed.

We are getting ever closer to 40,000 signatures for PLEASE sign the petition.

Or indeed many other things in The Bengal Friends’ Fund Raffle. There are many prizes up for grabs in the raffle, things for men, for women, and some just for cats too. I’ve donated one of my prints (of your choice) and a Bengal cat notebook too. >^..^<

It’s a three-way charity raffle, YOU get to pick the charity (of the three) that you want to donate to, or you can donate to all three. The three all-volunteer charities are:
Great Lakes Bengal Rescue
Bengal Rescue Network
Bengal Friends’ Fund

This is a "Members Only" raffle, so you need to join the forum at www.BengalChatter.com.

Here is a link to the raffle instructions:
http://phenomi.net/bengalchatter/viewtopic.php?p=81819#p81819

Please read the instructions thoroughly. You will find a description of the needs of each charity, and the links to donate with, right on the forum in the instructional thread.

Here’s a link to the raffle prize thread:
http://phenomi.net/bengalchatter/viewtopic.php?p=78327#p78327

You only have until 3:00 PM Eastern time (that would be 8:00 GMT) on Thursday, December 1st, to get your donation in and participate in the 3 Charity Raffle. The drawing is going to be aired live on MomTV at this link:

http://www.momtv.com/rainbows-rescue-romp
The time of the drawing is 8:10 PM Eastern Time (7:10 CT, 5:10 PT, 1 A.M. GMT).

www.BengalChatter.com
www.BengalFriendsFund.org.

On Thursday 27 October, Cats Protection will be holding a Black Cat Awareness Day. They say….

It seems that black cats get over looked when people are choosing cats! How sad is that? Cats Protection say that around 20 per cent of cats in their care are black cats and, for whatever reason, often take longer to find new homes while their would-be adopters plump for torties, tabbies and gingers.

Cats Protection  will be running a social media campaign on that day, but need our help to make it a success. Follow them on Facebook and Twitter – to keep in touch with what they’re doing.

I certainly will, our most recent cat is a black cat and a rescue. The fabulous Harry. Huge, soppy and a great cuddle. I can highly recommend black cats! :-)

The annual Exhibition for The Society of Feline Artists is now on at the Llewellyn Alexander Gallery in London (opposite The Old Vic, Waterloo). The show runs until the 16th of September.

And here are my paintings…

Photos of the hang and of the private view can seen on the SOFA blog. There’s a slideshow with plenty of photos so you can get a good look around the show. Almost as good as being there.

It was a very busy week last week at the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea Park. It was so lovely to meet so many people at the show and thank you to all of you who came on the private view evening as all your ticket price went to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home! And of course to everyone who bought paintings as well.

The show was opened by Catherine Tate who is a long time supporter of Battersea. Here she is on our stand with some of the work behind her, some of mine and some of Sarah Clegg’s.

And here she is with Lola.

We had a very successful week and raised a lot of money for Battersea. So thanks to everyone who came and helped raise funds for Battersea.