JAN EDWARDS: A Year in the life of Farplace Animal Sanctuary

I thought you might be interested in some of our 2009 figures.

Animals in 01/01/09 to 30/12/09 total 761 animals
This includes 222 chickens, 192 pigeons, 139 cats, 97 rabbits 11 hedgehogs, 17 guinea pigs and 3 dogs.
Rehomed 261 animals, including 63 cats, 126 chickens, 4 dogs, 9 guinea pigs and 45 rabbits.
Vaccinated 199 animals - 99 cats, 8 dogs, 92 rabbits.
Neutered 86 animals – 15 male cats, 19 female cats, 18 male rabbits, 34 female rabbits
Microchipped 138 animals – mainly cats.
Currently here: 65 cats, 21 rabbits, 3 guinea pigs, plus mice, pigeons, chickens, peacock, sheep, goat etc. Total in on 30/12/09 – 280

This is more than double on last year’s figures, and we anticipate even more in 2010.
Our average vet bill by the way is around £3,000 per month! Does anyone want to swap vet bills??

Jan Edwards, Head of Animal Care
Farplace Animal Rescue - the no-kill animal sanctuary
Farplace, Sidehead, Westgate, County Durham, DL13 1LE
www.farplace.org.uk

tel: 01388 517397 mobile 07860 523434
Registered Charity number 1126812
Registered Company number 4397258