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Every year Animals in Distress cares for and rehomes hundreds of animals. Animals come to the Rescue Centre for a variety of reasons including bereavement, illness, relationship breakdown, financial reasons and sadly, cruelty and neglect. The policy of the Charity is never to turn away an animal in distress and never to have an animal put to sleep unless, on veterinary advice, it is too ill or dangerous to be rehomed.
Apart from the normal veterinary care that is needed for our animals, there are often extra cost involved in individual cases, for example ...
“Scrumpy Jack” is a ten year old Bearded Collie, blind and deaf, who was abandoned by his owners. He was in a terrible condition but after lots of TLC and veterinary care including a visit to an eye specialist in Tavistock, Jack is now in a loving home but still has ongoing veterinary costs which are paid for by the Charity.
Cats, “Jazz and Sue”, came to the Rescue Centre after their elderly owner died. Jazz is diabetic and needs twice daily insulin injections and, because of a previous injury to his leg which had not healed properly, our veterinary surgeon decided amputation was unfortunately the only answer.
A little rabbit was found wandering along a main road by a member of the public and brought to the Rescue Centre. She was in an appalling condition. She had a severe eye infection, was emaciated and her fur was matted. Her claws were so overgrown that they curled around and were embedded into her leg. After lots of love and skilled veterinary treatment, the little rabbit is now recovering.
As you can see from the above examples, caring for our animals can be very expensive. Your support and generosity is needed to enable us to give these animals the second chance that they so deserve.
If you would like to donate, you can do so by paying online (click on “Pay Pal”) or by sending a cheque or postal order to:
Animals in Distress (Torbay & West Country),
102 Reddenhill Road,
Babbacombe,
Torquay, TQ1 3NT.
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