These pampered pooches live in a gated retirement village for elderly cats and while away their days - in mini cottages.

The charity currently houses 17 cats, which have been given up - or found stray in their later years - and now enjoy life in the 'Moggies Retirement Village'.

The cats enjoy the cushty life with volunteers take time to look after them and even get local kids to read to them once a month.

Shropshire Cat Rescue in Shrewsbury, Shrops., takes in homeless, stray, abandoned and unwanted cats and kittens and organises veterinary care for feral felines in the area.

A video of the gated community shows the mini cottages - surrounded by well-kepy gardens - where the cats are housed.

Each house contains a bed, a litter tray, food and drink bowls and various toys for up to two cats.

The clips also show their 'Moggie's Mansion' - a larger house with bigger toys and beds where the cats can 'hang out' together.

Cats in the sanctuary are usually in their later years, but there are some youngsters, from the age of three.

Qualified vet Susie, who volunteers at the chairty cat home, said: "The Retirement Village was set up in 2009."

"The shelter was intended to create an area for cats who were too elderly or had ongoing health conditions that needed regular treatment and monitoring to live out their days in comfort."

"It also opened the door for people who had elderly cats and were going into a nursing home and couldn’t take them with them."

"It also helps families of people who have passed away and left behind an elderly cat."

"It gives a different option and eases a stressful upsetting time by finding somewhere the cats could live out their final days."

All the cats stay in the retirement village 24/7, where there are seven cottages and a summer house, named 'Moggies Mansion'.

Susie added: "The cats have the freedom to choose where they want to sleep and rest."

"When they initially arrive, they are locked in a cottage for around two weeks to settle in and get used to volunteers and the smell and sight of the other cats before meeting them."

All the cats are given regular injections to keep them healthy and weighed every week.

"The retirement village cats are weighed weekly and monitored for weight changes or indications something isn’t right and they are highlighted for a vet check," Susie said."

"We have a vet and vet nurse come to the shelter once a week."

"If there are any cats who are a concern beforehand, they get taken straight down or booked in asap."

The volunteers work around the clock, 365 days of the year and make sure that these cats are able to live their best life.

Susie added: "We are all volunteers and there are two shifts a day caring for them and the rest of the shelter's cats."

"Our volunteers are amazing coming up regardless of whether snow and torrential rain won’t stop them."

The retirement village sometimes is able to rehome the elderly cats but otherwise, they live out the rest of their lives there.

Volunteers have even created memorial stones for all of the cats that have passed away.

The charity has been rescuing and rehoming cats in the Shropshire area since 1989.