Help our vital new campaign - The Mayhew Animal Home

Welcome
Welcome to the second edition of 2012 and to all new adopters and
supporters who have joined us this year! We’ve had a fantastic few months
so far with amazing events and funds raised for reconstruction plans.
Find out more in this packed summer edition.
We are delighted to bring
you lots of exciting news
in this magazine about
upcoming activities at
The Mayhew. A huge and
heartfelt thank you to
each and every one of
you that helped us raise
the £125,000 needed to
build our new cattery roof. With the inclusion
of a £20,000 grant from Pets at Home we’ve
tipped our total and our cats and kittens will be
getting that brand new cover – construction
starts in June!
We were also thrilled with the turnout of a
wealth of waggy-tailed hounds and their charitysupporting
owners at our fantastic Hyde Bark
event in April. It was the biggest dog event we
have held to date and was an outstanding
success, thanks to all the people who came to
support us on the day. Turn to page 10 to look
at some fabulous photographs from the day and
flick to page 34 to spend ‘5 minutes with’ actor
James Thornton who was one of our marvellous
judges at the Diamond Dogs’ Dog Show.
The Mayhew has always been committed to
helping both animals and their carers, as well as
pioneering community initiatives to keep pets
healthy and happy. We have launched a vital
campaign this month to spread the message that
neutering is the hallmark of responsible pet
ownership. With this magazine you will have
received one of our bookmarks featuring our
campaign message. If you feel you could help us
let more pet owners know about this essential
campaign, by distributing our bookmarks, then
please turn to page 12 to find out more.
Our Neutering campaign is not simply about
delivering a message of awareness but to also let
“Read how we are investing in future pet
health and welfare by training veterinary
professionals here at our London facility”
pet owners know about the services we offer at
our very own Community Vet Clinic, on site here
at The Mayhew. Turn to page 18 to read how we
are investing in future pet health and welfare by
training veterinary professionals here at our
London facility.
We are only able to continue our work because
of the invaluable support we receive all year
round from our compassionate friends, like you.
There are other ways you can get involved with
our charity too, so why not read about our
Corporate Volunteering scheme on page 28, or
enter our Snap Happy photo competition on
page 22 – we can never get enough of seeing your
own animals caught on camera!
As always, we love to hear from our supporters,
so whether you have news of an adopted animal,
thoughts about our work or enquiries about our
community schemes, then don’t hesitate to get in
touch. We hope you enjoy this edition and don’t
forget to visit our website regularly for lots of
updated news. Thank you.
Sarah Dickinson
Media and Communications Manager
sarah@mayhewanimalhome.org
Refuge in a time of crisis
One of the more vital and most rewarding schemes run by our Animal Welfare
team at The Mayhew is our Pet Refuge programme, which has been providing
invaluable help to both pet owners and their animals for more than seven years.
Please help us continue this support into the future by considering foster care.
There can be times in peoples’
lives when circumstances mean
they need to deal with an
emergency or ill health, but
have no-one to turn to for help
in caring for a beloved pet who
may be one of the few constants
in their lives, sometimes their
only mainstay, whilst they get
back on their feet.
In cases of severe property
damage, hospitalisation,
domestic violence or
rehabilitation, The Mayhew
can offer some pet owners a
lifeline, by having their dog or
cat as a candidate for our Pet
Refuge foster care programme.
Due to the high demand for
this service, our Animal
Welfare Officers are keen to
hear from anyone who would
consider taking a Pet Refuge
dog and/or cat into their home
on a temporary basis until the
owner is in a position to look
after them once again. This can
be a period of anything from a
few weeks to a maximum of
three months.
The Mayhew would like to
hear from people who have
experience with dogs and/or
cats and ideally are at home for
most of the day. Zoe Edwards,
one of The Mayhew’s Animal
Welfare Officers, has managed
the scheme since joining the
organisation. “The support and
help our programmes give to people
and their animals is phenomenal.
I could never have imagined that
without a scheme like ours, some
pet owners would have nowhere else
to turn. The majority of the people
we help would have been forced to
give up a beloved pet because the
circumstances in their life have
meant they were unable to care
for them over a period of time.
UK rescue centres are fit to bursting
with unwanted animals and they
struggle to take in more animals for
rehoming when they already have
an owner who adores them.”
We particularly need foster
carers who feel they could offer
a dog refuge under these
circumstances and our Welfare
Officers are especially keen to
hear from anyone who has
experience with larger breeds.
“Our scheme can only continue
with the help of our amazingly
committed foster carers. Our
kennels are full of unwanted and
abandoned dogs, so we cannot
house the Pet Refuge cases at The
Mayhew. The dogs benefit greatly
from being in a calm, safe
environment, where they can feel
relaxed, while they are away from
the home they know. I can’t begin to
describe the gratitude of the people
we help, who can be devastated in
believing they may have to part
with their companion animal. The
Mayhew gives them the support they
need to prevent this happening.
If you would like to make a very
real difference to the lives of both
people and animals in need, then
you couldn’t do it any better way
than by fostering one of our Pet
Refuge dogs.’ Zoe explains.
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