Hooray, the isolation cat cabins are finished, the floor tiling has been completed. Our thanks to Alan Tuddenham for all his hard work, laying the flooring in his free time. Also thanks to Great Yarmouth Tiles and EGC for donating the tiles. Designer Kennel who built the cattery had never had a design like ours before, but they followed our plan and model to a “t”. We are so pleased with the end result. Thank you to everyone who contributed. Just the “Main cat-house” to do now!!
We are being asked to help more and more with the dogs from Death Row. We already take all the unclaimed strays from the local council and police for rehoming. The Death Row dogs are unclaimed strays from all over the country; we help those mainly from Yorkshire and Nottingham. Thousands of dogs are destroyed if they have not been claimed after their “seven days waiting.” Every day, every week, year upon year dogs are being killed because “their time is up.” We take what we can, when we can but priority has to be given to Norfolk and Suffolk dogs in need. When the ‘strays’ van arrives, such sadness and confusion is seen in the eyes of these poor animals as they unload after their long journey. One can only wonder what they have been through and what life they’ve come from. However they are usually much happier the next day. It’s lovely to see them wagging their tails and to see that little bit of hope in their eyes. Click the link to read more on Death Row Dogs.
Bernadette has now closed her craft shop, but you can still get beautiful pots from her stall and at different fetes and fairs throughout the year. Our grateful thanks to Bernadette and all her helpers.
The FAITH animal charity shop at Howard Street, Great Yarmouth has had a revamp and is looking very nice. Please go along and meet some of the lovely people that work there including Lofty who is now running it, and has made many of the changes himself. There are some great bargains to be had. Other helpers of which there are too many to name, but are very precious to us are those volunteering at the centre, those helping in the shops, people fundraising with their own events i.e. sales, competitions and dances. All these people mean so much to FAITH, without whom it could not survive. Thanks also to all that have made donations of money, food or items for sale, and all those that have set up bankers orders. It is such a comfort to know that we have a certain amount of money coming in every month to pay the bills.
From all the animals that you have helped to save and will hopefully continue to help “Thank you” – Thank you for giving them their lives.
Judy [Founder & Secretary]
Well what a hectic Christmas, over 40 dogs in, and not one bit of space left. With more dogs waiting to come in after Christmas - Where were we going to put them all?
Then there came a phone call from a local paper wanting a story about 'Homeless animals at Christmas' - this in turn brought the local radio and BBC Look East. The publicity although it made us very busy with visitors, allowed us to book out a lot of dogs and cats for collection after the Christmas period. [as we do not promote giving animals as gifts]
I was then able to pick up three strays Tipple a Collie x, Wee Dram a brown/white Border Collie and Halfpint a short legged Lab x Basset. That was just the start of many but hopefully the worst is over.
On New Years Day, I was at the vets with a lovely black Collie x GSD bitch called Link, she had given birth to two puppies two days earlier and seemed ok. She had come to us just under two weeks before and as it didn't look like she was carrying many pups we had no cause to worry when she only gave birth to two. But on New Years Eve as I took her for her nightly walk I realised she was not right and would need the vet in the morning. I monitored her throughout the night and became convinced that there was a dead pup still inside her.
So it was on New Years Day that the dead pup was removed and Link was spayed, she stayed in overnight so I brought the pups home and fed them every two hours. The following day I went to pick Link up about mid afternoon and she went crazy because she was so happy to see me. It is this that brings it's rewards, even if our festive holidays can't be quite as other peoples we have our pleasures.
We are pleased to announce that the website has had a lot more "hits" since it has been updated, and has helped bring new homes to the animals and online donations - such a help as we are always desperate for funds. Fundraising is very hard work and time consuming, and our fundraisers are few, so donations either online or sent direct by post quite literally help us save lives. Thank you to all those who have donated so far.
Also if any one would like to be added to our mailing list to receive our twice yearly newsletters please send an email to us at faithanimalrescue@hotmail.com. Headed: F.A.I.T.H. MAILING LIST, followed by your name and address.
Thank you to everyone that has added F.A.I.T.H. to their favourites list, our aim this year is to update on a daily basis, so keep checking back for the latest animals, news, stories and events. It is lovely to know that there is a real interest in our work out there.
Happy New Year!
Judy [Founder & Secretary]
NEW CAT CABINS READY FOR USE
(October 06)
We are proud to show off our New Isolation Cattery Cabins that, although are already in use, we still need to raise money to get the flooring down. Once this is done they will be so easy to keep clean.
Our old wooden cabins and runs had lasted us over ten years, most years we spent hours wood preserving and repairing them. It had got to the point of no return as far as trying to save them, and they had to be replaced.
Money doesn't come easy and we needed to spend wisely. We needed a design where we could get a double row of cabins each with an outside, but covered run. So we searched the country (at least it seemed that way) Finally down in Kent we found the inspiration we were looking for and set about designing, drawing and even making a model. We believed we had designed them in such a way that they will be cool enough in the summer and warm enough in the winter. They are low maintenance, very hygienic and easy to clean. Hope you like them as much as we do.
Thank you to everyone who has helped make this possible, we can now look forward to our next project of refurbishing the main cat-house.
