Thank you for your support of our vital work throughout what has been a very busy year at The Mayhew, caring for large numbers of homeless dogs, cats and rabbits.
As the year draws to a close, it is lovely to reflect on the hundreds of animals for whom we have found new homes. However, please join us in sparing a thought for those who remain in our care this Christmas and the ones who will need our help in 2012.
It is only because of you, compassionate animal lovers, that we are able to continue providing animals with a warm, safe haven, putting back together those injured victims who need a helping hand.
In October, our Animal Welfare Officers were on a routine patrol when they rescued seven Maltese puppies that were being kept in a filthy, sodden cardboard box with no fresh food or water or clean bedding. The owner had plans to sell the pups, even though they were clearly suffering from malnutrition and generally in poor health. Sadly, three of the puppies deteriorated almost immediately on arrival to the Home and died, and it was touch and go with the four remaining siblings. But these tough little fighters pulled through and are currently enjoying lots of love and attention in our dedicated Mayhew foster homes.
Every year, numerous unwanted puppies arrive with us. Many are only a few weeks old, extremely vulnerable and already rejected.
£20 can help us feed an unwanted litter for a month.
Four year old Lion would literally not be here today if it weren't for The Mayhew. When his owners discovered he had diabetes they wanted him put to sleep, as they were not prepared to care for his medical needs. It can be challenging to look after a pet with a medical condition but there is always help available. Our Mayhew vets have lots of experience assessing diabetic cats and planning the right course of treatment for them. Lion is on daily injections to treat his condition but remains a bright, friendly, sweet and personable boy, who has been with us since March and dearly deserves his forever after.
Our Mayhew vet team deal with many animals that have on-going conditions and are committed to their care. We have successfully adopted out many diabetic and hyperthyroid cats into homes where they have lived many happy years.
£50 can provide Lion with insulin treatment for 10 weeks.
When animals arrive with us, they have already taken the first steps to a new and better life. However, that new life happens sooner for some than for others and, sadly rabbits are always amongst the longest stayers at The Mayhew.
It is almost a year since Festive arrived with us in December 2010 after her owners no longer wished to care for her. Although she has been living a much more settled and comfortable life in our Bunny Burrows, and has even found some rabbit romance in her new pal, Oscar, we dearly wish she was celebrating this Christmas season in a new home.
2011 was a particularly busy year for rabbit care at The Mayhew after we responded to an emergency call out to an abandoned pet shop in London, our Animal Welfare Officers returning with 13 rabbits and other small furries in tow.
£10 can help us feed rabbits like Festive and Oscar for a month.
Throughout 2011 Mayhew International has helped many thousands of animals, but also importantly people - people who care and want to do something about the animal welfare issues in their own countries. Mayhew International has supported the neutering of more than 5000 dogs around the globe, also providing them with a vital rabies vaccination to help work towards a rabies free world.
Our Mayhew vet team has reached out to vets and vet students abroad offering training, practice and sharing their knowledge with hundreds who will go on and spread the word about the benefits of neutering, humane handling and good animal welfare.
Mayhew International receives many, many requests for help and support and with your assistance we can respond to more in 2012, working to alleviate the unnecessary suffering of animals around the world.
£10 will help us provide rabies vaccines for 10 dogs.
£20 will help neuter and vaccinate five cats in India.
£100 will help pay for a vet to carry out a sterilisation and vaccination drive in India, Afghanistan, Peru.
For less than the cost of a Christmas Dinner, you can ensure our work will continue and that we can still be here for those lost and abandoned innocents who have no other place to go.
Please help us to make more animals feel safe and loved during this festive season, while they wait for a new life in the New Year.