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Battersea

Also called Battersea Dogs & Cats Home

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What is Battersea?

Battersea, in full Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, is a London animal rescue charity that has cared for dogs and cats since 1860. It rehomes animals and publishes care advice, which our litter box pages cite on tray size, entry height and covers.

What does Battersea do?

Battersea takes in, cares for and rehomes dogs and cats from three centres: Battersea London, Old Windsor and Brands Hatch, serving London and the South East of England. It says it has cared for more than 3 million animals since 1860. It also campaigns for better animal welfare and works with other rescue groups.

What does Battersea publish for cat owners?

Battersea publishes free cat advice for owners and adopters, alongside its rehoming pages. Its guide to setting up a litter tray is the one our pages rely on most: it covers tray size, entry height, covers and how many trays a home needs. Because it is written in British English, it says tray where American pages say litter box.

What do our pages use from Battersea?

Our large litter box guide and our glossary entries on litter box size and the N+1 rule use Battersea's tray advice: a tray at least one and a half times the cat's length from nose to base of tail, a low entry for kittens and older cats, one tray per cat plus one, and trying without the lid if a cat avoids a covered tray.

Battersea also warns that many trays labelled large are still too small for adult cats. Our large litter box guide turns that into a practical step: compare the published length of each box with your own cat's measurement, not the word on the label.

Questions about battersea

Why does Battersea call it a tray?

Battersea calls a litter box a tray because that is the usual British word for it. A litter tray in the UK is what Americans call a litter box, so Battersea's advice on tray size and covers applies to any litter box sold in the US.

Does Battersea endorse Danny's Cats?

Battersea does not endorse Danny's Cats. We cite its published litter tray advice, and it has not reviewed or approved anything on this site. Each page that quotes Battersea links to the Battersea advice page in its source list, so you can read the original guidance yourself.

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