Welcome to our News section featuring our two London veterinary hospitals and rescue centres, our Headquarters in Wadhurst, East Sussex, our Sanctuary near Hastings and our Tunbridge Wells branch
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Noella has previously completed both a half and full marathon for C.H.A.T, raising an amazing total of £994.49 in the past two years! Noella is now in training for another full marathon - the Derry marathon on June 2nd 2013 - in the hope of raising further funds for C.H.A.T!
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All money raised is truly appreciated by us, the fundraisers involved, and the animals under our care.
18th April: Abandoned in a Wheelie bin...
A young mother cat and her 5 tiny kittens were rescued yesterday evening from inside a wheelie bin in South London.
The drama unfolded on the Mumsnet forum site where someone posted: "I was walking back to the office today and heard a quiet mewing. I walked over to a wheely bin and saw a cat in there with two or three kittens. She was feeding them and looked perfectly happy.
I called the council's animal welfare unit and they said they were just closing and couldn't get out to the cat. They did tell me it's bin collection tomorrow, though, early before they open. I'm so scared the cat will get crushed!
Is anyone in Catford, London SE6 this evening? If you are, please help. The RSPCA said to turn over the bin. I'm home alone with my child and can't leave to go back out. I will pm the address to anyone who can go."
Concerned followers of the thread posted advice and tried to find alternative help. Fortunately Amanda one of our Canning Town volunteers picked up the thread and contacted Trudi and Kelley from our Lewisham Team. They were out rescuing another cat but then quickly made their way to assist with collecting the tiny kittens and catching the mother cat.
MAY KITTEN SEASON is upon us! ...... Cats are seasonal breeders usually giving birth to two litters per year - Spring and again late Summer.
Last year was very, very difficult for all our Branches, we were inundated with requests to take in litters of unwanted kittens.
Our priority is to help those in greatest need and those at the greatest risk of suffering, for CHAT this usually means cats and their kittens that are living stray or are at risk of being abandoned on the street to fend for themselves.
WE URGENTLY NEED YOUR HELP! -
Seeking to adopt a pair of kittens or a mother cat and a kitten? - Would you consider fostering a whole family for us - keeping a mum and a kitten or two permanently? We will find suitable homes for the 'extras' once they are ready to be homed.
Can't offer a permanent home - could you foster for us? Each of our London Branches needs to have around 30 active foster homes at a time in order to accommodate this influx of mother cats and unweaned litters of kittens.
Our Sanctuary near Hastings also requires local foster homes.
Our Sanctuary near Hastings in Sussex held an Open Day on 31st March.
Visitors came to meet cats that were seeking new homes and people who sponsored one of our lovely sanctuary resident cats came to visit their sponsor cats.
Despite the chilly Easter weather it was a very successful day with some lovely offers of homes and great people coming to meet their sponsored cats.
Twenty four sets of people arrived during the afternoon - families or individuals - around 60 people in all, so an enjoyably busy afternoon!
Faith Lee our Sanctuary volunteer photographer took some photos which we thought you might enjoy!
Visitors in the cattery chatting to staff and reading our information displays.
Visitors meeting cats at the Sanctuary who are awaiting new homes.
Making friends...
Smoochie peers out from his pen hoping for some more interest.... he had lots!
Tea, coffee and cakes were available in the kitchen of the main Sanctuary house enjoyed in the company of around a dozen of our friendly resident cats. We were surprised by how confident and laid back many of them were since they are not used to so many visitors.
Brian Big Head (black/ white) took a lead with the entertaining sitting on laps and asking for lots of attention - although we had to be quick to warn people to watch out because Brian can change his tune and deliver a quick nip - but today he was on his best behaviour!
Our more confident resident Sanctuary cats took a keen interest in the days proceedings and were keen to meet visitors!
Our Sanctuary homing team will be contacting everyone who has offered a home over the next few days to arrange a home visit.
Following the success of this our first ever Sanctuary Open Day we plan to hold another one soon.
UPDATE 13th APRIL: GOOD NEWS 19 CATS AND KITTENS HAVE SO FAR FOUND NEW HOMES DIRECTLY AS A RESULT OF OUR OPEN DAY!
Pets At Home - Donation.
A BIG THANK YOU!
Kyle the Manager of Battersea Pets at Home is pictured here along with Kylie one of our Vets and Sharni one of our receptionists at Lewisham Branch.
Kyle visited to present C.H.A.T with a cheque for the sum of £906.96!
This is the result of instore fundraising by staff at the Battersea Pets at Home store and CHAT volunteers during the run up to Christmas 2012.
Battersea Pets at Home are continuing to support C.H.A.T and there will soon be more fundraising events in store.
SPECIAL APPEAL FOR 'HARDER TO HOME' FERAL CATS
At CHAT we are constantly neutering and returning feral cat colonies to situations where they will continue to be fed and kept an eye on.
If they were living somewhere dangerous for instance a location due to be demolished or if there was nobody to feed them or they are threatened by hostile humans then we take them in and rehome them in pairs or family groups to stables, smallholdings and farms.
Most of the feral cats in our care are usually strong, healthy young adult ferals and are sought after by suitable rural homes to keep rodents at bay, although the cats do have to be fed as well!
Recently though we have had to take back into our care some cats that had previously been neutered and returned, some of these cats are 10 years or more and therefore harder to rehome. Because they are taking much longer than usual to find suitable homes for they are reducing the space we have available to take in other needy cats.
1. We had to take back in a group of 22 older semi-feral cats, the majority of which are pretty toothless! They were neutered and returned to gardens in New Cross 8-10 years ago, but the lady whose garden they lived in and fed them has moved and with a property developer changing the house into flats they had to come in. They are semi-ferals as they used to pop in and out of the lady's kitchen but are not quite happy to be stroked. Being older and lacking in teeth we are unable to find a rural home who will take them on as they are not up to full mousing duties.
2. We have just had to take in 10 feral cats, including a three legged cat from Slade Green who were living in garages under blocks of flats on a Housing Estate. All the residents have been moved out and the estate is being demolished and rebuilt so the cats had to be taken in.
3. We took in 12 very nervous cats from an elderly lady who has over 50 cats in her home - we have neutered and returned all her cats and are gradually reducing her numbers by homing them - but is a slow process because they are very nervous. We consider that some of them would be better suited to an outdoor life as semi-ferals at a stables or smallholding etc.
They all require rescue minded homes who could take them on. They would be suitable for garden homes with a dry shed or outbuilding.
The most confident cats could live in indoor homes with a cat flap - again rescue minded adult only homes who don't mind shy cats.
SUPPORT CHAT would continue to provide any veterinary care required by our older 'Harder to home' feral cats, although their new owners would be expected to supply their food.
We can rehome these cats locally - to South East and South London Garden homes or to homes in Kent, Sussex and parts of Surrey.
WINTER... We don't home many feral cats during the coldest Winter months, unless there is very cosy haybarn full of hay or straw to start them off in, but with Spring hopefully not too far away we really need to start getting some of these harder to home ferals into new homes.
WAITING TO BE RELOCATED.. The cats pictured are waiting to come in. They have been living stray in South East London since their owner died. A local woman has been feeding them everyday but she is now moving away. A temporary volunteer feeding rota has been set up until these five cats can be found more suitable homes.
"These cats are not feral, they are very loving once they get to know and trust you, and they deserve a proper home. They belonged to a man who took care of them but who died a few years ago. Since then they have been struggling to survive in people's gardens on the estate. They have no shelter and nobody wants them there. There are three blues - a mum, Dusty, who is very shy, and her two children, a boy and a girl. There are also two young moggies, a black, and a black and white who is really affectionate."
The feeder who has looked after them after their owner died is very concerned about them. She feeds ferals all over Peckham and knows that these cats are not toughies like they are. Because they were all once housecats, they are more vulnerable. She can't take them with her when she moves because she already has 10 cats and can't take anymore.
CHAT is unable to take them at the moment because we are have no space.
Hopefully soon we shall find space, but is there anybody who can offer these beautiful cats a home? A home for three blues? Or a home for two gorgeous moggies?
They like going outside and would be very happy living in somebody's garden with proper shelter available. Please help!
Running for the animals......
Toni Gregory, one of our wonderful weekend volunteers at our Sanctuary near Hastings is going to run the Hastings half marathon on 24th March to raise vital funds for C.H.A.T
"Message from Toni....Hello! It's that time again when I set my self an overly ambitious challenge in a bid to raise money for charity. So I am running/walking/slowly crawling the Hastings Half Marathon in March 2013, for those who don't know how far that is it's 13 miles.
I am running to raise money for Celia Hammond Animal Trust where I currently volunteer and I really am in awe of the amazing work that they do. So please take a couple of seconds to donate for a good cause, or if you really don't like me then donate money to see me suffer for 13 miles. Thank you!"
Toni one of our Sanctuary volunteers completed her half marathon in Hastings yesterday to raise funds for C.H.A.T!
"Finished my run today, my chip time hasn't been added online yet so i am not sure what my time was.
A huge thank you to everyone who sponsored me. People's generosity really gave me motivation and the money raised makes the pain worth it.
Toni"
Canning Town Branch influx of abandoned cats, 13 in one day.....
These boxes were dumped in the clinic last Friday, each with a terrified cat inside.
Three days previously another three cats had been brought in
by the same man who signed them over with a false address and phone
number. Six days before that, a single cat was brought in taped up in a
box in an identical way to the next two groups of cats, and when we
checked the first address, we found that was also false, as was the
phone number. When this man came in on Friday, we challenged him about
the false addresses and he said all the cats belonged to his aunt and he had not wanted to get into trouble as she has still more cats that must be taken away from her rented house.
We now have a real phone number and address and are going to sort out a situation where a Housing Association has threatened the aunt with eviction unless all her cats are removed from the property. We deal with many situations like this and will negotiate for time to arrive at a humane solution for the cats.
At 2am on the Friday morning a knock on the clinic door alerted us to
the fact that a cat basket had been left outside the door with a
trembling tabby cat in it - I immediately thought it must have belonged
to the two boys who knocked but they strenuously denied this. Another
cat was left outside our doors Friday evening in a plastic carrier
covered with a brightly covered bag. During the morning, three kittens,
two cats from someone who was going abroad the next day and a female
cat whose owner had recently had a baby were all brought into our
waiting room - without so much as a phone call to ask if we had anywhere
to put them.
Thirteen in one day - it is so hard to manage, but we must
take them because what would happen to them if we didn't?
Rabbits Rescued
31st Jan: Yesterday Lewisham Branch received a call from a woman who told how she had moved into a rented property on the 7th of January and discovered a hutch in the garden containing rabbits.
She had contacted the Landlord who could not contact the previous tenant who had disappeared without trace. The Landlord advised her to contact the RSPCA or the council, she told us that she did so repeatedly but had not been able to get any help.
She had never had pets herself and had no idea how to care for rabbits. She had heard that rabbits ate carrots so she had fed them some carrots and put water in a dish. She told us she thought they needed some grass - she was referring to hay. She was doing her best but just didn't know how to look after them. She had put some barrels in front of the hutch to try and keep the foxes away.
Thankfully she was given our number and called us and we arranged to meet her there when she returned home from work at 9p.m.
The rabbits were in a relatively small two tier hutch (approx 4ft wide and 1.2ft deep) which was divided into the upper and lower sections. One rabbit (a male) was at the top and four rabbits (females) were in the bottom half. The four females had hardly any space at all.
The hutch had not been cleaned at all since at least Jan 7th, so it was in a completely filthy state, there was deep compacted rabbit droppings and no bedding at all.
We safely removed the rabbits from the hutch and took them back to our Lewisham clinic.
The rabbits are quite thin and were thirsty and hungry, they immediately tucked into the hay, rabbit pellets and water we provided them with. They were all quite dirty and the four females had compacted faeces and urine caked on to their feet. One black female rabbit has ulcerated eyes.
One of our vets immediately examined the black female rabbits eyes and we made all the rabbits comfortable for the night and today soaked and washed their feet to remove the faeces.
These abandoned rabbits have suffered a terrible ordeal, kept in cramped and dirty conditions without appropriate food or water or bedding. They would have been in the hutch in the recent freezing weather as well. If it had been Summer flies would have been attracted to the smell and would have laid eggs which would have hatched into maggots and the rabbits would have become fly blown.
They are nice rabbits - actually quite friendly and all appear to be young adults. Once they have recovered sufficiently they will be neutered and will be seeking new homes.
2012 STATISTICS: HOMING
Homing figures for 2012 for Lewisham Branch and Canning Town Branch:
Combined Lewisham and Canning Town cat homing = 1863
SNOWY SCENES AT OUR SUSSEX SANCTUARY
Sanctuary resident Brian is feeling brave!
Basil and Billy the Sanctuary Goats watch the snow.
20th Jan: Snow Babies....
SNOW BABIES! This stray mother cat and her kittens were rescued by Lewisham Branch today after they were born overnight in this freezing weather in someones garden shed. Sadly one kitten had already died but the others seem to be doing okay.
Mum is a lovely friendly cat, painfully thin, she was also terribly thirsty and with the weather as it is one has to wonder how long she has gone without water. She won't leave her babies to eat so we've had to put food right next to her.
Our vets have given her a quick check over, she has sore legs and a sore nose and also has a grade 3 heart murmur. She is approx 3 or 4 years old and clearly isn't a first time mum.
Our vets are keeping a close eye on this family for the next few days but then provided they are doing well they will be moved to a foster home until the kittens are weaned and the family are ready to be rehomed.
Proposed Cat Cafe for London??!!
There have recently been articles in the news about a proposed cat cafe opening in London. What is a cat cafe you may ask? There are already cat cafes in countries such as Japan and Taiwan. The idea is that people who for one reason or another cannot have cats of their own pay to buy a cup of tea at the cafe and spend some time playing with cats.
Several people have contacted us asking for our opinion as to whether we think this is a good idea.
The proposed cafe intends to acquire 20 cats from an animal shelter, so is this in the cats best interests? Very friendly, confident cats will be required so that the cats are more likely to interact with the customers. The most friendly and confident cats in any rescue are also, due to their temperaments, the most easily homeable. Which is the best outcome for these more easily homeable cats? A home of their own, with a family or one or two owners and most likely with a garden in a residential area? Or a life in a city cat cafe with a large number of changing visitors, the company of 19 other cats and presumably an indoor only lifestyle?
Will the cafe be a cat haven or a stressful environment for the cats? The proposed cafe in question plans to have seating for 40/50 people, so, if full at times, it will be a relatively noisy and busy place to be. Cats are generally quite sensitive animals and are not keen on loud noises. Even the most friendly cats like to get to know people and form a bond or relationship with them and benefit from the stability of having consistency in knowing who 'their' humans are.
Although cats are generally quite sociable with each other and can live in groups, squabbles, bullying and stress can and does frequently occur in large multi-cat groups. Since the cats will need to be confident, friendly and 'human orientated', there are likely to be problems trying to introduce and house 20 cats together in a restricted indoor environment. Stressed out cats tend to show that they are feeling unhappy by exhibiting behaviour such as becoming withdrawn, overgrooming or urinating inappropriately - nobody will enjoy a stressed out cat peeing in their handbag!
Security has to be a real concern. The cafe is proposed to be in Old Street in London, a very busy area in the city. If any cats were to escape whilst customers came and went during the day, then the local streets would be a highly dangerous place to be, there would be a serious risk of the cats being run over. No cats should be allowed to roam in the vicinity of Old Street. We understand that apart from in the initial early stages there are not proposed to be staff on site overnight.
An alternative for cat deprived people? For years C.H.A.T and other animal charities have welcomed volunteers to come to our rescue centres and assist with the day to day care of rescued cats that are awaiting new homes, they can feed cuddle, socialise and help to calm cats that require some T.L.C, all this helps to assist rescued cats to find permanent new homes. A free cup of tea is always available! Another alternative for catless folk is to foster a homeless cat short term for a charity whilst a permanent new home is sought.
The £100,000 being sought to set this cafe up could be put to so much better use and could equally benefit rescued cats and people.
What kind stability will these cats have? A home for life? Or until the lease runs out? Or the business fails?
Cat cafes, a good idea? - We don't think so!
3RD JAN: CAT RESCUED AFTER GIVING BIRTH ON A DOORSTEP.
3RD JAN: Rescued today: This young cat chose a doorstep in West London to give birth on last night.
The lady who's doorstep she chose spent nearly three hours on the phone to every charity she could find to ask for help, and nobody would or could. Nichola from Canning Town Branch drove across London to collect them and this evening they will be safely in a foster home.
The foster home can only keep them for a short time, so if anyone is considering adopting kittens or a mum and kitten please consider fostering these until they are old enough to be rehomed and then keep a pair of them?
The lady kindly made such an effort to find help for her, and gave her food, water and offered a bed (which she wouldn't move into-possibly due to the shock of having so recently given birth).
In thanks to this lady we have named the mother cat "Zita".
To enquire about this mother cat and her kittens please contact Canning Town Branch either by phoning 020 7474 8811 or email canningtown@celiahammond.org
We are always grateful for donations of cat food and bedding. We have created a wish List on Amazon to make it easy to donate some of the items we really need.
Christmas 2012: Since Christmas is nearly here we have added a few interesting cat toys that would make great presents for our rescued cats and kittens who are awaiting new homes.
We have already received some gifts via the Amazon wish list. Thank you so much to those who have brought gifts of food and toys for the cats. Gifts can be sent to our Animal Sanctuary in Brede or either of our two London rescue centres, Lewisham or Canning Town, you need to select your chosen centre on the first amazon page your are linked to (shown on the left) Heres wishing for lots of goodies to spoil all the rescued cats still waiting for their forever homes.
C.H.A.T is delighted that Pets at Home at Battersea have chosen to support us!
During December they have been raising funds for us via their "Round to a pound" collections at the tills and customers have also been donating pet food, toys and bedding.
Over the weekend of 15th and 16th December Liz, C.H.A.T's Lewisham clinic manager, her daughters and Davina one of our dedicated volunteers attended to take part in and support Pets at Homes weekend long "Santa Paws" event.
Pets at Home staff had generously organised a Lucky Dip and a cake stall to help raise funds to support C.H.A.T's rescue work in the area.
C.H.A.T's display stand and information about some of our animals seeking new homes will remain in store all week and over next weekend.
The store will be continuing to support C.H.A.T during 2013!!
THANK YOU!!! PETS AT HOME!!
Gifts for people and cats....
Kathy one of Lewisham Branches dedicated volunteer foster carers and animal carers has just opened an online shop which sells cat toys and cotton tote bags that she has made.
Kathy's hoping the bags will be of interest to CHAT supporters as they're cat rescue-themed!
SEND A TEXT TO BUY A CATS DINNER!!!
Please remember all our hungry moggies and help buy our rescued cats who are awaiting new homes at our rescue centres and Sanctuary a Dinner!!
YOU CAN BUY A CAT'S DINNER BY TEXTING THE MESSAGE MEOW01£1 to 70070 - IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT AND CHAT WILL RECEIVE THE WHOLE POUND!
IF YOU FANCY BUYING A FAMILY OF CATS DINNER JUST ADD THE AMOUNT YOU WISH TO DONATE e.g MEOW01£5 to 70070.
Food for the cats!
The Lewisham cats awaiting rehoming were delighted to receive a 2nd parcel this week from Patrick one of fantastic supporters. Patrick works for an on-line shopping site and they are collecting samples of cat and dog food and treats and sending them to CHAT. This parcel was bursting at the seams with food and treats for our cats and kittens -still with the odd special treat for Woody the dog!
Thank you Patrick, we really appreciate your support.
Dumped on the doorstep
Cats and kittens being dumped in boxes on our doorstep and elsewhere is sadly an almost daily occurrence.
This is Huggie a 3 month old black kitten who was left on the Lewisham Clinic Doorstep ion the middle of the day. He was in a very small "Huggies" nappies cardboard box, sealed with masking tape with a few holes punched in it.
A woman had phoned the clinic half an hour before hand saying she couldn't keep a 3 month old black kitten, when we tried to take some details she hung up. We think that "Huggie" is the same kitten.
He is absolutely gorgeous and will make a wonderful new addition to someones family!
Thanks for the food!!
Here is Woody the Staffie awaiting a new home at Lewisham Branch helping to unpack a parcel of cat and dog treats that have been kindly sent by Patrick one of our supporters!
Feeding all our rescue cats and a few dogs is a huge cost to us and we are always grateful for any food donated to help feed so many hungry animals.
Visit to a local Scout group.....
Natalie from Lewisham Branch has been helping children at a local Scouts group with gaining their animal care badges.
Numerous teddies received thorough health checks and had limbs bandaged and a fun as well as educational evening was had by all involved.
Over breeding - Cat Farming.....
These kittens have been taking in for rehoming from a 'farm' where their owners had been breeding cats to sell.
They found it difficult to sell their kittens and ended up keeping lots, who then started interbreeding so the number of cats they had has got completely out of control.
Our Lewisham Branch rescue team have been visiting the farm in Kent once a week to collect adult cats to be neutered and once recovered are returning them to their owners who are insistent that they want to keep their large family of over 60 cats.
They are allowing us to find new homes for the young kittens.
Olympic tennis balls....
The Celia Hammond Animal Trust at Lewisham were delighted to welcome Clare Wood from London 2012, and four time Paralympian ace, Jayant Mistry, Wheelchair Tennis Manager, serving up a donation of hundreds of tennis balls used at the Paralympics to help keep CHAT's dogs and cats fit and happy whilst they are awaiting new homes.
Woody, one of the Trust's Staffordshire Bull Terriers who has been waiting over 6 months for a new home, was very pleased to be able to participate in the official handover alongside Claire Willis, Veterinary Services Manager for CHAT. All were surprised at how well behaved Woody was for the photos when really he couldn't wait to put his tennis skills to the test.
Claire and Woody expressed their immense gratitude to Clare and Jayant and Woody is hoping that his good behaviour will mean someone will offer him a new home.
Clare Wood, Sport Manager for Tennis, said that the visit was a good way of fulfilling London 2012's promise to re-use and re-cycle all sporting equipment and that she was pleased to be able to raise much needed awareness and publicity in such an innovative way for the Celia Hammond Animal Trust, whose clinics are located in Olympic host boroughs.
Jayant Mistry added that he hoped the donation would be a small token in helping the CHAT dogs and cats overcome the adversity they have faced in their lives and that he wanted to share the Paralympian values of determination, respect and courage with the Trust.
Celia has won the vote to become Celebrity Cat Owner of the year 2012 in the PetNet awards www.petnet.co.uk
22 celebrities were initially nominated in the cat owner category. The panel of judges then shortlisted this to the final six celebrities including Celia.
PETNET wrote: "Celia was nominated and shortlisted for her unwavering dedication to cats. She truly is a real animal lover. Celia runs her own trust, the 'Celia Hammond Animal Trust' which saves cats by rescuing, neutering and rehoming unwanted and stray cats. The trust has a non destructive policy, and will not destroy a healthy animal, regardless of temperament, colour or disabilities. For more information on the fantastic work Celia does visit her website - www.celiahammond.org
Commenting on her Award, Celia said: “I am honoured to receive this Award but am even more delighted that our wonderful supporters came out in force to ensure the Trust benefitted from this donation. This will enable us to help even more animals that we rescue from the streets and help low income pet owners have their pets treated.”
One of Celia’s fans commented: “Celia should win this hands down. I remember her when she was a super model in the 60s and since then she's dedicated her life to saving and caring for cats and dogs and other animals.”
We're sure that Celia will put the £2000 prize money to great use in her trust - Well Done Celia!"
Thank you to all our supporters who voted for Celia!
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Thanks!
A HUGE THANK YOU TO DAC BEACHCROFT LLP
CHAT would like to express their grateful thanks to DAC BEACHCROFT LLP for the donation of the fantastic furniture and stationery from your Eastcheap office!!!
Haddi thanks to you and Daniel especially for all your hard work in ensuring we receive all the donated items, a massive task considering it was spread over 5 floors!
Our clinics and Head Office have hugely benefitted from the generosity of DAC Beachcroft LLP with all our lovely new office furniture and from the sale of other items donated which has already raised £500.
THANK YOU ALL
NEWS! NEWS! NEWS! CANNING TOWN CLINIC EXTENSION!
NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!
CANNING TOWN CLINIC EXTENSION!
Canning Town veterinary clinic and rescue centre have completely outgrown the building and demand for our low cost veterinary and rescue services is continuing to increase.
In 2011 we submitted plans to Newham Council for a three storey extension at the rear of the clinic. Fortunately approval was granted.
Please Click Here to read all about The Canning Town Clinic and Rescue centre Extension Project and follow the Diary of the building works
NEED HELP GETTING YOURS OR A FRIENDS OR NEIGHBOURS PETS NEUTERED?
Please contact your nearest Branch of C.H.A.T for help with neutering - we also help with transporting cats to our clinics, and with catching strays.
If you are concerned about a neighbour or have obtained a kitten or puppy via an online or classified advert please contact us in confidence, if you don't wish to phone us an email is fine. We can approach the person to offer to neuter the mother cat or dog. We have a non-authoritarian, friendly and helpful approach and can assist with transportation and neutering vouchers towards or even to cover the cost.
PLEASE HELP - IT IS ONLY BY NEUTERING AS MANY CATS AND DOGS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN THAT WE CAN EVER STAND A CHANCE OF REDUCING THE TERRIBLE DEATH TOLL OF UNWANTED PETS IN THIS COUNTRY!
n.b C.H.A.T is a non-destruction charity, we never put to sleep a healthy animal in care. However because of this we always have a large waiting list of cats needing to come in to await new homes and some of these cats that we don't manage to help may end up being put to sleep at private vets or at other charities that do put to sleep healthy animals because there are not enough homes for them. Therefore neutering to prevent the birth of unwanted litters of kittens and puppies is the only humane way forward.
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BEDDING APPEAL
Bedding always needed by all our Branches for our rescued cats!
BEDDING NEEDED!!! Lewisham Branch needs Old sheets, towels, fleece, throws, duvet covers, blankets etc are all needed. If you can drop it in thats great 233-235, Lewisham Way SE4 1UY open Mon - Fri 9.a.m - 7p.m or at the weekend please knock on the door or leave on the doorstep.
If you live locally and have a reasonable amount to donate a bin bag full or more we can probably collect it from you. Thank you in anticipation!!!
We also need clean newspaper which we use for lining kennels and litter trays.
Also donations of large feeding bowls (-in particular dog size bowls) etc.
Unwanted scratch posts are also much appreciated by our cats.
LEWISHAM BRANCH - Please drop donations of paper and bedding to the clinic 233-235, Lewisham Way SE4 1UY. (parking in side street- Friendly Street SE8 or stop briefly in loading bay outside clinic 10am - 4pm) Clinic open mon to fri 9am to 7pm. Weekends by arrangement or leave in entrance in tied bags. Tel 0208 691 2100 Thank you!
DON'T BREED OR BUY WHILST STAFFIES DIE!
No one living in London and increasingly elsewhere in the U.K can fail to have noticed the popularity of Staffordshire Bull Terriers and Staffie cross breeds.
Classified ads list litter upon litter of Staffie pups for sale yet rescue centres are full of staffies and thousands are put to sleep in the U.K because they cannot be found new homes.
Unwanted Staffies are daily abandoned on the streets of London and taken to Animal shelters such as Battersea Dogs Home who also take in strays rounded up by Londons local authority animal wardens.
Stray dogs in animal pounds have just 7 days to be claimed before they can be put to sleep. PROTECT YOUR DOG (or cat!) WITH AN ID MICROCHIP. Quickly and easily implanted they provide lifelong identification for your pet. Contact C.H.A.T's veterinary clinics or your local vet for more information.
NEUTER YOUR STAFFIE, MALE OR FEMALE TO PREVENT FURTHER UNWANTED STAFFIE PUPPIES BEING BORN. DO NOT ADD TO THE PROBLEM - THERE IS PLENTY OF FINANCIAL HELP AVAILABLE - CALL OUR VETERINARY CLINICS FOR ADVICE.
ONGOING APPEAL!!! Dogs needing foster homes and permanent new homes.
Our London Branches do not have the facilities to care for dogs for whilst they seek new homes. Short term foster homes whilst we seek permanent new homes for any dogs that come into our care are always needed.
We can rescue them only you can save them.
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