04/11/2024
Vale Greg Turner
All at the World League for Protection of Animals were very sad to hear of Greg Turner’s passing. He was an amazing champion for the cats, in his role as journalist for The Weekly Times. This was officially recognised by WLPA a couple of years ago when he was given the compassion award, for all his efforts.
Not only did Greg change many cat’s lives, by helping them to obtain loving homes but also many of the readers who adopted cats, have let us know how much joy and meaning these family additions have brought them.
I am glad that the cats were of a comfort to Greg in these difficult years of ill health. He told me receiving the cat of the week post and photos always brought a smile to his face and joy to his day. He also enjoyed it immensely when readers told him how much they value of the Cat of the Week column. Once accompanying John Booth to the Twilight Nursing Home, where John asked the residents to nominate their favourite part of the newspaper, not only did they tell him it was Cat of the Week, they promptly produced a scrapbook of cuttings to show him the previous articles.
WLPA are really pleased that that TWT Acting Editor Anthony Stavrinos, will take over the running of the Cat of the Week column and by so doing will continue Greg’s great work for animals in this area.
As a small token of our esteem for Greg, the next two boys to arrive at our service will be called Greg and Turner.
