Animal rescue work is very close to my heart, it’s something I’ve been involved in my whole life in one way or another. So I always look for ways to support local animal shelters and charities.

In this case, the Association Paw’Pattes in Switzerland had this beautiful male cat called Pattapouf, who was difficult to place in a new family. He was extremely shy and had some long term health issues, which sadly tends to put most people off from adopting an animal.

The thing is, these issues really, really shouldn’t be an issue or an obstacle, as most rescue animals are shy to begin with, we just need to see past this and see the beauty of their character that is hidden behind their shyness. In this case, this beautiful boy was very firmly and sweetly attached to his foster mum from Paw’pattes, he’d been given some time to come out of his shell and show his true character, which was that of a truly soft sweet boy, a real delight of a cat.


I spent the afternoon with his foster mum, and to be honest, he spent the first hour just hiding. Eventually after lots of coaxing and gentle persuasion with treats we got him to come out of his hiding place and at least perch on his favourite cat tree. I then used a long lens and kept a distance as I photographed him, and as you can see, his body language is relaxed and show’s his true and lovely character.

Patapouf was a beautiful pure bred Scottish Fold cat.

To see which cats are available for adoption with Association Paw’pattes, see their link here.

https://www.pawpattes.ch